²⁵ You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to know of ^(A)your going out and your coming in and to know all that you are doing.”

Joab Strikes Abner

²⁶ Then Joab came out from David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it. ²⁷ So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there ^(B)he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.