2 Samuel 3:21-23

Lexham English Bible

²¹ And Abner said to David, “Let me get up and go and gather all of Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant^[a] with you so you can reign over all which your soul desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he left in peace. ²² And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much plunder with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he^[b] had dismissed him, and he had gone in peace. ²³ When Joab and all the army that was with him came, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he left in peace.”