~ under the fifth ~ 10_2SA_02_23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside, wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place, and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. #, 10_2SA_03_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. #, 10_2SA_04_06 And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib], and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. #,