II Samuel 3:11 Midrash

וְלֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל ע֔וֹד לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־אַבְנֵ֖ר דָּבָ֑ר מִיִּרְאָת֖וֹ אֹתֽוֹ׃ (ס)

And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

Read midrashic interpretation of II Samuel 3:11: and classical rabbinic exegesis.