33The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
33The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner." King David himself walked behind the bier.
32 They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner's tomb. All the people wept also.
33 The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
34 Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before wicked men." And all the people wept over him again.
35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!"
3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
3:33And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
3:33The king lamented for Abner, and said, |Should Abner die as a fool dies?
3:33and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: — 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?