And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.