Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uri´ah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Then said Jo´ab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Ab´salom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abi´athar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.