33 (A)The king chanted a lament for Abner and said,

“Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34 “Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;
As one falls before the [a]wicked, you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him. 35 Then all the people came (B)to [b]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “(C)May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else (D)before the sun goes down.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:34 Lit sons of wickedness
  2. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause