2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ¹  How then could I show ²  my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 24:4

24:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of ³  Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

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¹ tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

² tn Heb “lift.”

³ tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”