26 Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well[a] of Sirah, but David was unaware of it.

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  1. 3:26 Or cistern

26 Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.

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18 Now look, Adonijah has become king. And,[a] my lord the king, you didn’t know it.

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  1. 1:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Syr; other Hb mss read And now

18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.

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32 The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner(A) son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(B) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.

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