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2 Samuel 3:32-34
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 3:32-34
1599 Geneva Bible
32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, the King lift up his voice, and wept beside the sepulcher of Abner, and all the people wept.
33 And the King lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner [a]as a fool dieth?
34 Thine hands were not bound, nor thy feet tied in fetters of brass: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again for him.
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- 2 Samuel 3:33 He declareth that Abner died not as a wretch or vile person, but as a valiant man might do, being traitorously deceived by the wicked.
2 Samuel 3:32-34
New International Version
2 Samuel 3:32-34
New International Version
32 They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept(A) aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.
33 The king sang this lament(B) for Abner:
“Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
34 Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered.(C)
You fell as one falls before the wicked.”
And all the people wept over him again.
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