23 When Joab, and all the host that was with him were come, men told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the King, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

24 Then Joab came to the King, and said, [a]What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee, why hast thou sent him away, and he is departed?

25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner: for he came to deceive thee, and to know thy outgoing and ingoing, and to know all that thou doest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:24 Here appeareth the malicious mind of Joab, who would have had the King to slay Abner for his private grudge.

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