²⁶ Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well^[a] of Sirah, but David was unaware of it.

¹⁸ Now look, Adonijah has become king. And,^[a] my lord the king, you didn’t know it.

³² The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner^(A) son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa^(B) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.