2 Samuel 2:30
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joab returned from following Abner,.... It being in his commission from David to shed as little blood as he could:
and when he had gathered all the people together; who had been pursuing the…
Here, I. Abner, being conquered, meanly begs for a cessation of arms. He rallied the remains of his forces on the top of a hill (Sa2 2:25), as if he would have made head again, but becomes a humble…
The Pursuit. Asahel's burial
24. Joab also, &c. And Joab and Abishai continued the pursuit, in contrast to those who halted at the scene of Asahel's death.
the hill of Ammah … Giah Nothing is known of…