And the name of Saul's wife {was} Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host {was} Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. {Abner: Heb. Abiner}

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Ahinadab the son of Iddo {had} Mahanaim: {Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth {rib}, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. {quietly: or, peaceably}