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2 Samuel 3:33
And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
2 Samuel 3:33 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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2 Samuel 3:33 in other translations
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
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In context
30 So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.
33 And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him.
35 And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.
36 And all the people heard, and they were pleased, and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people.
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