2 Samuel 3:27-29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁷ When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died for shedding^[a] the blood of Asahel, Joab’s^[b] brother. ²⁸ Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner son of Ner. ²⁹ May the guilt^[c] fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous,^[d] or who holds a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks food!”