2Sa 3:26, 37 | ESV | STEP | When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner , and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah . But David did not know about it.

2 Samuel 3:26

Joab Murders Abner

26 When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it.

2 Samuel 3:37

37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s will to put to death Abner the son of Ner.