24So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!


In Context

21 Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a compact with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

22 Just then David's men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

23 When Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived, he was told that Abner son of Ner had come to the king and that the king had sent him away and that he had gone in peace.

24 So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!

25 You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing."

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

2nd Samuel 3:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Then 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:24And Joab went in to the king, and said: What hast thou done? Behold Abner came to thee: Why didst thou send him away, and he is gone and departed?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Then 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came to thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is gone?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Then 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came to thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24Then Joab came to the king, and said, |What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24And Joab cometh unto the king, and saith, 'What hast thou done? lo, Abner hath come unto thee! why is this — thou hast sent him away, and he is really gone?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?