²⁸ Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

³ And the king said, “And where is your master's son?” ^(A)Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”

⁹ And he said to me, ^(A)‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’ ¹⁰ So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. ^(B)And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

¹⁵ Then ^(A)David called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died. ¹⁶ And David said to him, ^(B)“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed ^(C)the Lord's anointed.’”