²⁸ Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent^(A) before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

²⁹ May his blood^(A) fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family!^(B) May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore^(C) or leprosy^[a] or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”