2 Samuel 3:33
“And the king lamented ouer Abner, and said, Died Abner as a foole dieth?”
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2 Samuel 3:33 Context
31¶ And Dauid said to Ioab, and to all the people that were with him, Rent your clothes, and girde you with sackecloth, and mourne before Abner. And king Dauid himselfe followed the biere. 32And they buried Abner in Hebron, and the king lift vp his voice, and wept at the graue of Abner; and all the people wept. 33And the king lamented ouer Abner, and said, Died Abner as a foole dieth? 34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feete put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept againe ouer him. 35And when all the people came to cause Dauid to eate meate while it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to mee, and more also, if I taste bread or ought else, till the Sunne be downe.
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And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
- King James Version
The king chanted a {lament} for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
- New American Standard Version (1995)