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Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there :
Joab and Abishai and Asahel .
And Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle .
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So Asahel pursued Abner ,
and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner .
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Then Abner looked behind him and said , "
Are you Asahel ?"
He answered , "
I am ."
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And Abner said to him , "
Turn aside to your right hand or to your left ,
and lay hold on one of the young men and take his armor for yourself ."
But Asahel would not turn aside from following him .
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So Abner said again to Asahel , "
Turn aside from following me .
Why should I strike you to the ground ?
How then could I face your brother Joab ?"
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However ,
he refused to turn aside .
Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt end of the spear ,
so that the spear came out of his back ;
and he fell down there and died on the spot .
So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died ,
stood still .
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Joab and Abishai also pursued Abner .
And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah ,
which is before Giah by the road to the Wilderness of Gibeon .