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29 May it fall upon the head of Joab and his entire family tree! May Joab’s family never be without someone with a discharge or a skin disease,[a] someone who uses a crutch,[b] someone who dies by the sword, or someone who is hungry!”

30 So that is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

31 Then David ordered Joab and all the troops who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on funeral clothes! Mourn for Abner!” King David himself walked behind the body.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:29 Traditionally leprosy, a term used for several different skin diseases
  2. 2 Samuel 3:29 Or who holds a spindle

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