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33 Then the king sang this lament for Abner:

“Why should Abner have died
    the way a lawless brute dies?
34 Your hands were not bound,
    your feet were not fettered
As one falls at the hands of the wicked,
    you too have fallen.”

And all the people continued to weep for him.

35 After that, the people tried to persuade David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore: “May God deal with me severely, and even more terribly, if I eat bread or anything else prior to sunset.”

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