26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.


In Context

23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

2 Samuel 3:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:26Then Joab going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:26And when Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:26When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn't know it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:26And Joab goeth out from David, and sendeth messengers after Abner, and they bring him back from the well of Sirah, and David knew not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.