2 Samuel 3
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2 Samuel 3:22-30

22And beholdH2009, 1the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732 and JoabH3097 cameH935 from a raidH1416 and broughtH935 a largeH7227 amountH7227 of plunderH7998 with them; but AbnerH74 was not with DavidH1732 in HebronH2275, sinceH3588 he had letH7971 him goH7971, and he had goneH1980 in peaceH7965. 23When JoabH3097 and allH3605 the armyH6635 that was with him arrivedH935, they informedH5046 JoabH3097, sayingH559, “AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369 cameH935 to the kingH4428, and he has letH7971 him goH7971 on his way, and he has goneH1980 in peaceH7965.” 24Then JoabH3097 cameH935 to the kingH4428 and saidH559, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213? BeholdH2009, AbnerH74 cameH935 to you; whyH4100 thenH2088 have you letH7971 him goH7971, so that he is alreadyH1980 goneH1980? 25You knowH3045 AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369, that he cameH935 to gainH6601 your confidenceH6601, and to learnH3045 of 2your 3goingH4161 out and comingH4126 inH4126 and to findH3045 outH3045 everythingH3605 that you are doingH6213.”

26When JoabH3097 leftH3318 David’sH1732 presenceH5973, he sentH7971 messengersH4397 afterH310 AbnerH74, and they broughtH7725 him backH7725 from the wellH953 of SirahH5626; but DavidH1732 did not knowH3045 about it. 27So when AbnerH74 returnedH7725 to HebronH2275, JoabH3097 tookH5186 him asideH5186 into the middleH8432 of the gateH8179 to speakH1696 with him privatelyH7987, and thereH8033 4he struckH5221 him in the bellyH2570, so that he diedH4191 on account of the bloodH1818 of his brotherH251 AsahelH6214. 28AfterwardH310, when DavidH1732 heardH8085 about this, he saidH559, “I and my kingdomH4467 are innocentH5355 beforeH4480H5973 the LordH3068 foreverH5704H5769 of the bloodH1818 of AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369. 295May it turnH2342 upon the headH7218 of JoabH3097 and on allH3605 his father’sH1 houseH1004; and may there not be eliminatedH3772 from the houseH1004 of JoabH3097 6someone who suffersH2100 a dischargeH2100, or has leprosyH6879, or 7holdsH2388 the spindleH6418, or fallsH5307 by the swordH2719, or lacksH2638 breadH3899.” 30So JoabH3097 and his brotherH251 AbishaiH52 killedH2026 AbnerH74 8becauseH5921H834 he had putH4191 their brotherH251 AsahelH6214 toH4191 deathH4191 in the battleH4421 at GibeonH1391.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 3:22 1 Sam 27:8 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 3:25 Deut 28:6; 1 Sam 29:6; Is 37:28 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 3:25 I.e., daily business ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 3:27 2 Sam 2:23; 20:9, 10; 1 Kin 2:5 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 3:29 Deut 21:6-9; 1 Kin 2:31-33 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 3:29 Lev 13:46 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 3:29 I.e., an effeminate man; LXX holds on to a staff (prob. a crutch) ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 3:30 2 Sam 2:23 ↩

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