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.
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Gill's Exposition
Howbeit, he refused to turn aside,.... Determined on making him his captive if possible.
Wherefore Abner, with the hinder end of the spear; he had in his hand, which seems to have had a pike at both…
Barnes' Notes
With the hinder end ... - i. e. the wooden end, which was more or less pointed to enable the owner to stick it in the ground 1Sa 26:7. The fifth rib - The word so rendered here (and in marginal…
We have here the contest between Abner and Asahel. Asahel, the brother of Joab and cousin-german to David, was one of the principal commanders of David's forces, and was famous for swiftness in…
Cambridge Bible
with the hinder end of the spear Abner defended himself in this way with a view to disable rather than kill Asahel. But the butt-end of the spear, pointed or shod with iron to be stuck in the ground…
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