2 Samuel 3
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2 Samuel 3:33-38

331The 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 2wickedH5767H1121, you have fallenH5307.” And allH3605 the peopleH5971 weptH1058 againH3254 overH5921 him. 35Then allH3605 the peopleH5971 cameH935 3to 4persuade DavidH1732 to eatH1262 breadH3899 while it was stillH5750 dayH3117; but DavidH1732 vowedH7650, sayingH559, “5May GodH430 doH6213 soH3541 to me, and moreH3254 alsoH3541, ifH3588H518 I tasteH2938 breadH3899 orH176 anythingH3972 elseH3605 6beforeH6440 the sunH8121 goesH935 down.” 36Now allH3605 the peopleH5971 tookH5234 noteH5234 of it, and it 7pleasedH3190H5869 them, just as everythingH3605H834 the kingH4428 didH6213 8pleasedH2895H5869 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?

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 3:33 2 Sam 1:17; 2 Chr 35:25 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 3:34 Lit sons of wickedness ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 12:17 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 3:35 1 Sam 3:17 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 1:12 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in their eyes ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in the eyes of all ↩

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