2 Samuel 3:32-34
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32 They buried Abner in a grave in Hebron. The king wept loudly beside Abner's grave. All the people wept too.
33 The king sang this song about Abner's death:
‘Abner, you should not have died like a fool.
34 Nobody had tied your hands.
Nobody had put chains on your feet.
It was murder by wicked people that killed you.’
Then all the people started to weep again for Abner.
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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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