II Samuel 03 Joab kills Abner in treachery

 II Samuel 03

Joab kills Abner in treachery

22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came out of an assortment, and brought with them great spoil; and Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and gone in peace.

23 When Joab and all the army that came with him came, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner is come to the king; and he sent him away, and went away in peace.

24 Then Joab went in to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why then did you dismiss, so that it went away freely?

25 You know well Abner the son of Ner, who came to deceive you, and know your going out and your going in, and understand all that you do.

26 And Joab, departing from David, sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sira, without David knowing it.

27 So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him by himself at the entrance to the gate, to speak to him in secret, and smote him there by the fifth rib, and he died for the blood of his brother Asahel.

28 Whereupon David heard that, he said, I am innocent, and my kingdom, to the LORD for ever, from the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

29 Let him be over Joab's head, and over all his father's house, and let no one lacking in the house of Joab, nor a leper, nor falling by the sword, nor anyone needing bread.

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