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2Sa 2:22 — And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

wherefore		2Ki 14:10-12; Pro 29:1; Ecc 6:10
how then		2Sa 3:27

Correlating Passages

wherefore

	2Ki 14:10	Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?
	2Ki 14:11	But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which [belongeth] to Judah.
	2Ki 14:12	And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
	Pro 29:1	He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
	Ecc 6:10	That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

how then

2Sa 3:27

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.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 2:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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