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2 Samuel 3:26-30
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26 Then Joab went out from David, and he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from Bor Hasirah, but David did not know it.

27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak with him in private. Then he struck him in the stomach there and he died, for he had shed the blood of Asahel his brother.[a] 28 When David heard this afterwards, he said: “I and my kingdom are innocent before Yahweh[b] forever for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 May the blood come down on the head of Joab and all the house of his father. May the house of Joab never lack[c] one with a bodily discharge or one with leprosy or one who grasps the distaff or one who falls by the sword or one who is lacking food.”

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

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:27 Literally “for the blood of Asahel his brother.” See Num 35:16–25
  2. 2 Samuel 3:28 Literally “from with Yahweh”
  3. 2 Samuel 3:29 Literally “May there not be cut off from the house of Joab”
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2 Samuel 3:26-30
Common English Bible

26 Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well at Sirah, but David didn’t know anything of this. 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside next to[a] the gate to speak with him in private. But instead Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and he died for shedding the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

28 When David heard about this later, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the shedding of the blood of Abner, Ner’s son. 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,[b] someone who uses a crutch,[c] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:27 LXX; MT to the middle of
  2. 2 Samuel 3:29 Traditionally leprosy, a term used for several different skin diseases
  3. 2 Samuel 3:29 Or who holds a spindle
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