2 Samuel 3:24-26

The Voice

²⁴Joab went to David.

Joab is still angry over the death of his brother Asahel, and he considers it a blood debt that needs to be collected.

Joab: What have you done? You had Abner in your hands! Why did you let him get away? He’s gone. ²⁵Don’t you know that Abner, the son of Ner, came here only to deceive you, to find out your strength and what you are up to?

²⁶When Joab left David’s presence, he sent for messengers to find Abner. They caught up to him at the cistern of Sirah; and without David’s knowledge,

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