2 Samuel 3:21

3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement ¹  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him ²  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ³ 

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¹ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

² tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

³ tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”