2 Samuel 3:22-23

Abner Is Killed

3:22 Now David’s soldiers ¹  and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David ²  had sent him away and he had left in peace. 3:23 When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: “Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”

[3:22]  ¹ tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”

[3:22]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.