• 2 Samuel 2:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 23 But he kept refusing to stop, so Abʹner struck him in the abdomen with the butt end of the spear,+ and the spear came out from his back; and he fell there and died on the spot. Everyone who came to the place where Asʹa·hel fell and died would stop and pause there.

  • 2 Samuel 2:23
    The Bible in Living English

    • 23* But he refused to turn off; and Abner hit him below the waist with the back end of the spear, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell down and died on the spot.

      And all who came to the place where ʽAsahel had fallen and died stopped.

  • 2 Samuel 2:23
    American Standard Version

    • 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

  • 2 Samuel 2:23
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside, wherefore Abner smote him with the hinder end of the spear in the belly, that the spear came out behind him, and he fell there and died on the spot,—and so it was that as many as came up to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still.

  • 2 Samuel 2:23
    King James Version

    • 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.