2 Samuel 3
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2 Samuel 3:31-39

31Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to JoabH3097 and to allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him, “1TearH7167 your clothesH899 and girdH2296 on sackclothH8242 and lamentH5594 beforeH6440 AbnerH74.” And KingH4428 DavidH1732 walkedH1980 behindH310 the bierH4296. 32Thus they buriedH6912 AbnerH74 in HebronH2275; and the kingH4428 liftedH5375 up his voiceH6963 and weptH1058 at 2the graveH6913 of AbnerH74, and allH3605 the peopleH5971 weptH1058. 333The kingH4428 chantedH6969 a lament for AbnerH74 and saidH559, “Should AbnerH74 dieH4191 as a foolH5036 diesH4194?34Your handsH3027 were not boundH631, norH3808 your feetH7272 putH5066 in fettersH5178; As one fallsH5307 beforeH6440 the 4wickedH5767H1121, you have fallenH5307.” And allH3605 the peopleH5971 weptH1058 againH3254 overH5921 him. 35Then allH3605 the peopleH5971 cameH935 5to 6persuade DavidH1732 to eatH1262 breadH3899 while it was stillH5750 dayH3117; but DavidH1732 vowedH7650, sayingH559, “7May GodH430 doH6213 soH3541 to me, and moreH3254 alsoH3541, ifH3588H518 I tasteH2938 breadH3899 orH176 anythingH3972 elseH3605 8beforeH6440 the sunH8121 goesH935 down.” 36Now allH3605 the peopleH5971 tookH5234 noteH5234 of it, and it 9pleasedH3190H5869 them, just as everythingH3605H834 the kingH4428 didH6213 10pleasedH2895H5869 allH3605 the peopleH5971. 37So allH3605 the peopleH5971 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 understoodH3045 that dayH3117 that it had not beenH1961 the will of the kingH4428 to putH4191 AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369 to deathH4191. 38Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to his servantsH5650, “Do you not knowH3045 that a princeH8269 and a greatH1419 manH1419 has fallenH5307 thisH2088 dayH3117 in IsraelH3478? 39I am 11weakH7390 todayH3117, though anointedH4886 kingH4428; and theseH428 menH376 12the sonsH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 are tooH4480 difficultH7186 for me. 13May the LordH3068 repayH7999 the evildoerH6213H7463 according to his evilH7463.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 3:31 Gen 37:34; Judg 11:35 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 3:32 Job 31:28, 29; Prov 24:17 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 3:33 2 Sam 1:17; 2 Chr 35:25 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 3:34 Lit sons of wickedness ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 12:17 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 3:35 1 Sam 3:17 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 1:12 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in their eyes ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in the eyes of all ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 3:39 1 Chr 29:1; 2 Chr 13:7 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 3:39 2 Sam 19:5-7 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 3:39 1 Kin 2:32-34 ↩

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