2 Samuel 3:37-39

New International Reader's Version

³⁷ So on that day all the people there and all the Israelites understood. They knew that the king didn’t have anything to do with the murder of Abner, the son of Ner.

³⁸ The king spoke to his men. He said, “Don’t you realize that a great commander has died in Israel today? ³⁹ I’m the anointed king. But today I’m weak. These sons of Zeruiah are too powerful for me. May the Lord pay back the one who killed Abner! May he pay him back for the evil thing he has done!”