2 Samuel 3:32

2 Samuel 3:32 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:32

30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.) 31Then 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. 33And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool? 34Your 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.

2 Samuel 3:32 word by word

וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִשָּׂ֧א הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֶת־קוֹל֗וֹ וַיֵּבְךְּ֙ אֶל־קֶ֣בֶר אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ כָּל־הָעָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

• When they buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• in Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchebrôn · HebronH2275
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• aloudנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• aloudקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• atאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• tombקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:32

• 2 Samuel 1:12They 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.
• 2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate 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!”
• 1 Samuel 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
• Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
• Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:32

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32By burying Abner in Hebron, which was David’s capital at the time, David showed publicly that Abner now stood with him rather than with Saul. This public act likely encouraged others from the northern tribes to follow Abner’s choice.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:32

• Abner
• Hebron
• Tact
• Weeping

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Hebron
• Hebron, Kiriath Arba
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Mourn
• Sackcloth
• Translate
• Genealogy
• Government

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings