2 Samuel 3:27-34

27Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died. 28Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

29May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin. or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”

30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.) 31Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier.

32They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.

33The king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

34Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.” And all the people wept over him again.