“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 3 contains 39 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.