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2 Samuel 3:38

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36 All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

37 So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?

39 And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

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BSB
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
KJV
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
WEB
The king said to his servants, “Don’t you know that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
ASV
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
DARBY
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
BLB
And the king said to his servants, “Do you⁺ not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
ÅB
Og kongen sa til sine menn: Vet dere ikke at en høvding og stor mann er falt i Israel på denne dag?
OTB
Da sa kongen til sine tjenere, "Er dere ikke klar over at en leder og en stor mann har falt i Israel i dag?
B1930
Og kongen sa til sine menn: Vet I ikke at en høvding og stor mann er falt i Israel på denne dag?

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Cross references

  • Job 32:9

    It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:50–51

    His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:12

    Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

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