2 Samuel 3:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵ You know Ner’s son Abner came to mislead you, to learn your troop movements,^[a] and to learn everything you’re doing!”

²⁶ As soon as Joab left David, Joab^[b] sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah, but David was not aware of this. ²⁷ When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab brought him aside within the gateway to talk to him alone and then stabbed him in the abdomen.^[c] So he died for shedding^[d] the blood of Joab’s^[e] brother Asahel.