Yoav calls Avner out for starting things but agrees to a truce; both armies quickly separate.

Yoav & Avishai pick up the chase of Avner to avenge their brother's death; Shevet Binyamin reinforces Avner

After trying unsuccessfully to get Asahel to turn away, Avner stabs him in the fifth rib, killing instantly

Asahel, the brother of Yoav & Avishai, gives chase after Avner using superhuman speed

The duel escalates into killing and a full scale battle erupts between the 2 armies

Avner proposes that Yoav and his soldiers engage in a duel

A look at the timeline of events as to when exactly Ish-Boshes ruled.

Shaul's general Avner appoints Ish-Boshes to succeed his father as king over Israel

After Dovid is anointed king by Shevet Yehuda, he expresses gratitude to Yavesh Gilad for rescuing Shaul's remains from the Pelishtim

Dovid asks Hashem whether he should return to Eretz Yisroel and to which city