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29 Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[a] or who walks on crutches[b] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”

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

David Mourns Abner’s Death

31 Then David said to Joab and all those who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on burlap. Mourn for Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:29a Or or a contagious skin disease. The Hebrew word used here can describe various skin diseases.
  2. 3:29b Or who is effeminate; Hebrew reads who handles a spindle.

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