New English Translation
2 Samuel 3:32
32So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.
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
30So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle. 31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too. 33The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool? 34Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.” All the people wept over him again.
Read all of 2 Samuel 32 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 lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 18:33(19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 1 Samuel 30:4Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.
- Job 31:28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
- Proverbs 24:17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
- Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached 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
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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
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