He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be in exile, and not in safety. [ 28:17A] Chasten your son, and he shall love you, and give honor to your soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.

And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Certainly this man is a murderer, whom though he was rescued from the sea, justice does not permit to continue living."

And Asahel followed after Abner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.

And Abner said to him, Turn to the right or to the left, and lay hold for yourself on one of the young men, and take to yourself his armor; but Asahel would not turn back from following him.

And what does this mean? Return to Joab your brother? But he would not stand away; and Abner struck him with the blunt end of the spear on his loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he fell down there and died on the spot. And it came to pass that everyone that came to the place where Asahel fell and died, stood still.