World English Bible
2 Samuel 3:33
“The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 3
David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.
All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.
About 2 Samuel
David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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