When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.
 A nà ghɨ ta Abnà kàsi gvì a Heblòn, Jowàb ɨ gùbtɨ̀ ŋweyn ɨchfɨ mbàyn, kêʼ tèyn ta wu n-kɨŋ na ŋêyn ŋweyn besɨ iwo. Àŋena kɨŋtɨ ndù wu sù fɨ̀nyuè ɨlvà nɨ̀ Abnà wù kfɨ. Wu n-nì tî, sɨ sɨ̀sɨ̀ ikfɨ i wâyn-nà ŋweyn Asahèl.