2 Samuel 3:33 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 3:33

David’s Mourning for Abner

31 Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, ^a“Tear your clothes, ^bgird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

32 So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

33 And the king sang a lament over Abner and said:
“Should Abner die as a ^afool dies?

34 Your hands were not bound
Nor your feet put into fetters;
As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell.” Then all the people wept over him again.

35 And when all the people came ^ato persuade David to eat food while it was still day, David took an oath, saying, ^b“God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else ^ctill the sun goes down!”

36 Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.

37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s intent to kill Abner the son of Ner.

38 Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

39 And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, ^aare too harsh for me. ^bThe Lord shall repay the evildoer according to his wickedness.”

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 3:33

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American Standard Version
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

Amplified® Bible
And the king lamented over Abner and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Contemporary English Version
Then the king sang a funeral song about Abner: Abner, why should you have died like an outlaw?

Darby English Version
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

Good News Bible
David sang this lament for Abner: "Why did Abner have to die like a fool?

King James Version
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

New American Standard Bible
The king chanted a {lament} for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

New International Version
The king sang this lament for Abner:
"Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

New King James Version
And the king sang a lament over Abner and said:
“ Should Abner die as a fool dies?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The king chanted a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Revised Standard Version
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Young's Literal Translation
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- `As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

New English Translation
The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?

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