2Samuel:3:22-39

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nasb @2Samuel:3:22 @And behold , the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them ; but Abner was not with David in Hebron , for he had sent him away , and he had gone in peace . nasb @2Samuel:3:23 @When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived , they told Joab , saying , "Abner the son of Ner came to the king , and he has sent him away , and he has gone in peace ." nasb @2Samuel:3:24 @Then Joab came to the king and said , "What have you done ? Behold , Abner came to you ; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone ? nasb @2Samuel:3:25 " @You know Abner the son of Ner , that he came to deceive you and to learn of your going out and coming in and to find out all that you are doing ." nasb @2Samuel:3:26 @When Joab came out from David , he sent messengers after Abner , and they brought him back from the well of Sirah ; but David did not know it . nasb @2Samuel:3:27 @So when Abner returned to Hebron , Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately , and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother . nasb @2Samuel:3:28 @Afterward when David heard it , he said , "I and my kingdom are innocent before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner . nasb @2Samuel:3:29 " @ May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father 's house ; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge , or who is a leper , or who takes hold of a distaff , or who falls by the sword , or who lacks bread ." nasb @2Samuel:3:30 @So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon . nasb @2Samuel:3:31 @Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him , " Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner ." And King David walked behind the bier . nasb @2Samuel:3:32 @Thus they buried Abner in Hebron ; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner , and all the people wept . nasb @2Samuel:3:33 @The king chanted a lament for Abner and said , "Should Abner die as a fool dies ? nasb @2Samuel:3:34 " @Your hands were not bound , nor your feet put in fetters ; As one falls before the wicked , you have fallen ." And all the people wept again over him . nasb @2Samuel:3:35 @Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was still day ; but David vowed , saying , " May God do so to me , and more also , if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down ." nasb @2Samuel:3:36 @Now all the people took note of it , and it pleased them , just as everything the king did pleased all the people . nasb @2Samuel:3:37 @So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death . nasb @2Samuel:3:38 @Then the king said to his servants , "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel ? nasb @2Samuel:3:39 " @I am weak today , though anointed king ; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me . May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil ."

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