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

30That is how Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner. They killed him because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon. 31David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, ‘Tear your clothes! Wear sackcloth to show that you are sad! Weep because of Abner's death.’ King David himself walked behind the men who carried Abner's dead body. They buried Abner in a grave in Hebron. The king wept loudly beside Abner's grave. All the people wept too. 33The king sang this song about Abner's death: ‘Abner, you should not have died like a fool. 34Nobody had tied your hands. Nobody had put chains on your feet. It was murder by wicked people that killed you.’ Then all the people started to weep again for Abner.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• in Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchebrôn · HebronH2275
• and the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• at the graveקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• and all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:32

• 2 Samuel 1:12They cried and they wept until the evening. They did not eat any food. They were very upset about Saul and Jonathan, and all the Lord's people. They were sad because so many Israelites had died in the battle.
• 2 Samuel 18:33The king became very upset. He went upstairs to the room above the gate. He wept loudly. As he went, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! It would be better if I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!’
• 1 Samuel 30:4David and his men wept loudly. They continued to weep until they had no strength to weep any more.
• Job 31:28If I had done that, I would not have been faithful to God in heaven. I would have deserved punishment for that sin.
• Proverbs 24:1728. Do not shout with joy when your enemy falls down. Do not be happy when his foot slips.
• Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in 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