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.


In Context

23 and Joab and all the host that is with him have come, and they declare to Joab, saying, 'Abner son of Ner hath come unto the king, and he sendeth him away, and he goeth in peace.'

24 And 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?

25 Thou hast known Abner son of Ner, that to deceive thee he came, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art doing.'

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

27 And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth rib — and he dieth — for the blood of Asahel his brother.

28 And David heareth afterwards and saith, 'Acquitted am I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner 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 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.

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 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.