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2 Samuel 3:32

AbnerHebron
Grief

30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

33 And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

34 Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

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BSB
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
KJV
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
WEB
They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
ASV
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
DARBY
And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
BLB
And they buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner. And all the people wept.
ÅB
Så begravde de Abner i Hebron, og kongen gråt høyt ved Abners grav, og alt folket gråt.
OTB
De la Abner til hvile i Hebron; og kongen hevet sin stemme og gråt ved Abners grav, og hele folket gråt.
B1930
Så begravde de Abner i Hebron, og kongen gråt høit ved Abners grav, og alt folket gråt.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 24:17

    Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

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  • Job 31:28

    this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:12

    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:4

    So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:33

    The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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  • Luke 19:41–42

    As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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