Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 97:2
אתיוה ליואב דייניה אמר ליה מאי טעמא קטלתיה לאבנר אמר ליה גואל הדם דעשאל הואי עשאל רודף הוה אמר ליה היה לו להצילו באחד מאבריו
He answered, 'I wasAsahel's<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Joab's brother, who pursued Abner when he fled for his life, after having been defeated by Joab at Gibeon whilst fighting for Ishbosheth, Saul's surviving son, v. II Sam. II, 23. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> avenger of blood.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XXXV, 19. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> 'ButAsahel was a pursuer!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Abner, seeing his life in danger, killed him in self-defence. Cf. II Sam. II, 8-32. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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