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Just then David's servants and Joab were coming in from an expedition, bringing much plunder with them. Abner, having been dismissed by David, was no longer with him in Hebron but had gone his way in peace. (2 Samuel 3, 22)
When Joab and the whole force he had with him arrived, he was informed, "Abner, son of Ner, came to David; he has been sent on his way in peace." (2 Samuel 3, 23)
So Joab went to the king and said: "What have you done? Abner came to you. Why did you let him go peacefully on his way? (2 Samuel 3, 24)
Are you not aware that Abner came to deceive you and to learn the ins and outs of all that you are doing?" (2 Samuel 3, 25)
Joab then left David, and without David's knowledge sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. (2 Samuel 3, 26)
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the city gate as though to speak with him privately. There he stabbed him in the abdomen, and he died in revenge for the killing of Joab's brother Asahel. (2 Samuel 3, 27)
May the full responsibility for the death of Abner, son of Ner, be laid to Joab and to all his family. May the men of Joab's family never be without one suffering from a discharge, or a leper, or one unmanly, one falling by the sword, or one in need of bread!" (2 Samuel 3, 29)
(Joab and his brother Abishai had lain in wait for Abner because he killed their brother Asahel in battle at Gibeon.) (2 Samuel 3, 30)
Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Rend your garments, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn over Abner." King David himself followed the bier. (2 Samuel 3, 31)
When they had buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at the grave of Abner, and the people also wept. (2 Samuel 3, 32)
And the king sang this elegy over Abner: "Would Abner have died like a fool? (2 Samuel 3, 33)
So on that day all the people and all Israel came to know that the king had no part in the killing of Abner, son of Ner. (2 Samuel 3, 37)