2 Samuel 3:27

27 Cuando Abner llegó de nuevo a Hebrón, Joab lo llevó aparte, a las puertas de la ciudad, como si fuera a hablar en privado con él. Pero lo apuñaló en el estómago y lo mató en venganza por la muerte de su hermano Asael.

2 Samuel 3:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner was returned to Hebron
Alone, and not the twenty men with him; not to David's court, but just to the city, to the gate of it:

Joab took him aside in the gate:
where he was waiting for him, and met him; this was a public place, where people were continually passing and repassing, and where courts of judicature used to be held; wherefore Abner might think himself safe here with Joab, and have no suspicion at all of his design, and shows how fearless Joab was of God or men:

to speak with him quietly;
peaceably, in a friendly manner, as all his gestures towards him showed; so that Abner made no difficulty of turning aside with him, supposing he had something to communicate to him from the king, which he had forgot:

and smote him under the fifth [rib], that he died;
in the same place that Abner had smote his brother, of which see ( 2 Samuel 2:23 ) ; and this he did:

for the blood of Asahel his brother;
for Abner's shedding his brother's blood; but this was not the only reason, and perhaps not the chief; but, as Josephus ^F8 observes, because he was fearful if Abner was received into the friendship of the king, he would be preferred unto him, and take his place as general of the army, as being an older and more experienced officer; so Procopius Gazaeus, and Theodoret.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 5.

2 Samuel 3:27 In-Context

25 ¡Sabe perfectamente bien que vino para espiarlo y averiguar todo lo que está haciendo!».

26 Con eso Joab dejó a David y envió mensajeros para que alcanzaran a Abner y le pidieran que regresara. Ellos lo encontraron junto al pozo de Sira y lo trajeron de regreso, sin que David supiera nada.

27 Cuando Abner llegó de nuevo a Hebrón, Joab lo llevó aparte, a las puertas de la ciudad, como si fuera a hablar en privado con él. Pero lo apuñaló en el estómago y lo mató en venganza por la muerte de su hermano Asael.

28 Cuando David se enteró, declaró: «Juro por el Señor
que yo y mi reino somos inocentes para siempre de este crimen cometido contra Abner, hijo de Ner.

29 Joab y su familia son los culpables. ¡Que la familia de Joab sea maldita! Que nunca falte un hombre de cada generación que padezca de llagas o de lepra,
o que camine con muletas,
o que muera a espada o que mendigue comida».