2 Samuel 3:30

2 Samuel chapter 3 · verse 30 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Context

v.29let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

v.30This passage

v.31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 2:19

    And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

  • Acts 28:4

    And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

  • Proverbs 28:17

    A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.