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2 Samuel 3:33

Abner
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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.

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

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.

35 Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

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BSB
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
KJV
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
WEB
The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
ASV
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
DARBY
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
BLB
And the king lamented over Abner and said, “As the death of a fool should Abner die?
ÅB
Og kongen kvad denne klagesang over Abner: Skulle da Abner dø som en niding dør?
OTB
Og kongen sang en sørgesang for Abner og sa,
"Skulle Abner møte sin ende som en dåre gjør?
B1930
Og kongen kvad denne klagesang over Abner: Skulde da Abner dø som en niding dør?

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

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  • Luke 12:19–20

    Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

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  • 2 Samuel 1:17

    Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

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  • 2 Samuel 13:12–13

    “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:15–16

    So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

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  • Jeremiah 17:11

    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

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  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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