³⁷ So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part^(A) in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

²⁷ Now when Abner^(A) returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him^(B) in the stomach, and he died.^(C)

⁵⁰ His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of Saul’s army was Abner^(A) son of Ner, and Ner was Saul’s uncle.^{(B) 51} Saul’s father Kish^(C) and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.