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Abner Is Murdered at Hebron
Joab returns, rebukes David for letting Abner go, secretly recalls Abner, and kills him at Hebron in revenge for Asahel. David publicly disclaims responsibility and pronounces judgment on Joab’s house.
Abner is murdered at Hebron, a city Joshua had designated as a city of refuge, creating a striking geographic irony: a place associated with protection and due process becomes the site of unlawful bloodshed.
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