2Sa 3:28, Pro 25:5 | ESV | STEP | Afterward , when David heard of it, he said , I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner .

2 Samuel 3:28

28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

5 take away ^athe wicked from the presence of the king,
and his ^bthrone will be established in righteousness.