⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for ^(A)who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be without guilt?”

²⁸ Afterward when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ^29 (A)May it ^[a]fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab ^(B)one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”

^32 (A)The Lord will return his blood on his own head, ^(B)because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: ^(C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^(D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.