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?


In Context

21 Abner said to David, |I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.| David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

22 Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

23 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

24 Then 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?

25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.|

26 When 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.

2 Samuel 3:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:24So 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!

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 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?