2 SAMUEL 2:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.”
Joab and Abishai pursued Abner — The death of Asahel ignites Joab's rage. His pursuit of Abner shifts from tactical to vengeance. The brothers chase together toward the Gibeon hill, demonstrating Zeruiah clan solidarity. Blood calls for blood in ancient Near Eastern law; Joab will not forget. The chase toward evening (בִשְׁקִיעַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, biš·qi·ʿat haš·šemeš) ends the day's battle, but not the conflict. Abner's killing of Asahel has created permanent enmity.
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