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2 Samuel 3:33

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The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

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2 Samuel 3:33 in other translations

And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

2 Samuel 3:33 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 3:33 in context

  1. 31David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in front of Abner.” King David followed the bier.
  2. 32They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
  3. 33The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
  4. 34Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.”
    All the people wept again over him.
  5. 35All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”