30So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.


In Context

27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls on the sword, or that lacks bread.

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

31 And 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 himself followed the bier.

32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

2 Samuel 3:30 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:30And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.