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33 The king sang a funeral song for Abner:

    Should Abner die like a godless fool?
34 Your hands were not tied.
    Your feet were not chained.
    You fell as one falls in front of wicked men.

And all the people continued to cry for him.

35 That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May Elohim strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”

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