37. That day all the people of Israel knew the king wasn’t responsible for killing Ner’s son Abner.
38. The king said to his officers, “Don’t you know that today a leader, a great man, has fallen in Israel?
39. Today I’m weak, though I’m the anointed king. These men, Zeruiah’s sons, are too cruel for me. May the Lord repay this evildoer as his evil deeds deserve.”