14. Sai Abner ya ce wa Yowab, “Bari samarin su tashi su yi kokawa a gabanmu.”Yowab kuwa ya ce, “To, sai su tashi.”
15. Sai suka tashi, suka haye. Mutum goma sha biyu a madadin mutanen Biliyaminu da Ish-boshet, ɗan Saul, mutum goma sha biyu kuma a madadin mutanen Dawuda.
16. Kowa ya kama abokin kokawarsa a kā, suka soki juna a kwiɓi da takuba. Suka faɗi tare. Aka sa wa wurin suna Helkat-hazzurim, wato filin takuba, wurin yana nan a Gibeyon.
17. Yaƙin kuwa ya yi zafi a ranar. Mutanen Dawuda suka ci Abner da mutanen Isra'ila.
18. 'Ya'yan Zeruya, maza, su uku suna nan, wato Yowab, da Abishai, da Asahel. Asahel maguji ne kamar barewa.
19. Sai ya tasar wa bin Abner haiƙan, bai kauce ba.
20. Da Abner ya waiga, sai ya ce, “Kai ne Asahel?”Ya amsa, “Ni ne.”
21. Abner ya ce masa, “Ka daina haye mini, ka runtumi ɗaya daga cikin samarin, ka kama shi, ka karɓe masa makaminsa.” Amma Asahel bai daina binsa ba.
22. Abner kuma ya sāke ce masa, “Ka daina bina, kada ka sa in kashe ka fa! Idan na kashe ka kuwa, yaya zan yi ido biyu da dan'uwanka, Yowab?”