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.
Under the fifth rib, х hachomesh (H2570), in the abdomen. The Septuagint has: epi teen psoan, in the groin].