The king H4428 said H559 moreover to Shimei, H8096 You know H3045 all H3605 the wickedness H7451 which H834 your heart H3824 is privy H3045 to, that you did H6213 to David H1732 my father: H1 therefore the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 your wickedness H7451 on your own head; H7218

And now H6258 are you cursed H779 from the earth, H127 which H834 has opened H6475 her mouth H6310 to receive H3947 your brother's H251 blood H1818 from your hand; H3027

That the cruelty H2555 done to the three score H7657 and ten sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 might come, H935 and their blood H1818 be laid H7760 on Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 which H834 slew H2026 them; and on the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 which H834 aided H2388 H3027 him in the killing H2026 of his brothers. H251

And all H3605 the evil H7451 of the men H582 of Shechem H7927 did God H430 render H7725 on their heads: H7218 and on them came H935 the curse H7045 of Jotham H3147 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal. H3378

His mischief H5999 shall return H7725 on his own head, H7218 and his violent H2555 dealing shall come H3381 down H3381 on his own pate. H6936

And when Abner H74 was returned H7725 to Hebron, H2275 Joab H3097 took him aside H5186 in the gate H8179 to speak H1696 with him quietly, H7987 and smote H5221 him there H8033 under the fifth H2570 rib, that he died, H4191 for the blood H1818 of Asahel H6214 his brother. H251

But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that was in Joab's H3097 hand: H3027 so he smote H5221 him therewith in the fifth H2570 rib, and shed H8210 out his bowels H4578 to the ground, H776 and struck H8138 him not again; H8138 and he died. H4191 So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 pursued H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri. H1075

And Samuel H8050 said H559 to him, The LORD H3068 has rent H7167 the kingdom H4468 of Israel H3478 from you this day, H3117 and has given H5414 it to a neighbor H7453 of yours, that is better H2896 than you.

How H637 much H637 more, when H3588 wicked H7563 men H582 have slain H2026 a righteous H6662 person H376 in his own house H1004 on his bed? H4904 shall I not therefore now H6258 require H1245 his blood H1818 of your hand, H3027 and take H1197 you away from the earth? H776

But have walked H3212 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel, H3478 and have made Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to go a whoring, H2181 like to the prostitutions H2181 of the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 and also H1571 have slain H2026 your brothers H251 of your father's H1 house, H1004 which were better H2896 than yourself:

If H518 it please H2895 the king, H4428 let there go H3318 a royal H4438 commandment H1697 from him, and let it be written H3789 among the laws H1881 of the Persians H6539 and the Medes, H4074 that it be not altered, H5674 That Vashti H2060 come H935 no H3808 more before H6440 king H4428 Ahasuerus; H325 and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 estate to another H7468 that is better H2896 than she.

And when Joab H3097 was come H3318 out from David, H1732 he sent H7971 messengers H4397 after H310 Abner, H74 which brought H7725 him again H5750 from the well H953 of Sirah: H5626 but David H1732 knew H3045 it not.

For all H3605 the people H5971 and all H3605 Israel H3478 understood H3045 that day H3117 that it was not of the king H4428 to slay H4191 Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner. H5369

And when Abner H74 was returned H7725 to Hebron, H2275 Joab H3097 took him aside H5186 in the gate H8179 to speak H1696 with him quietly, H7987 and smote H5221 him there H8033 under the fifth H2570 rib, that he died, H4191 for the blood H1818 of Asahel H6214 his brother. H251

But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that was in Joab's H3097 hand: H3027 so he smote H5221 him therewith in the fifth H2570 rib, and shed H8210 out his bowels H4578 to the ground, H776 and struck H8138 him not again; H8138 and he died. H4191 So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 pursued H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri. H1075

Moreover H1571 you know H3045 also H1571 what H853 H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, and what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 captains H8269 of the hosts H6635 of Israel, H3478 to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner, H5369 and to Amasa H6021 the son H1121 of Jether, H3500 whom he slew, H2026 and shed H7760 the blood H1818 of war H4421 in peace, H7965 and put H5414 the blood H1818 of war H4421 on his girdle H2290 that was about his loins, H4975 and in his shoes H5275 that were on his feet. H7272

And Absalom H53 made H7760 Amasa H6021 captain H5921 of the host H6635 instead H8478 of Joab: H3097 which Amasa H6021 was a man's H376 son, H1121 whose name H8034 was Ithra H3501 an Israelite, H3481 that went H935 in to Abigail H26 the daughter H1323 of Nahash, H5176 sister H269 to Zeruiah H6870 Joab's H3097 mother. H517