24. So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner came to you. Why is it that you sent him away? Now he is long gone.
25. You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, to learn of your coming and going, to discern all that you are doing.”
26. When Joab left David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah. However, David was not aware of this.
27. So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab pulled him aside in the gateway so as to speak with him undisturbed. There he struck him in the midsection so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel, his brother.