26 And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.
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Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.
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