2 Samuel 3:31

American Standard Version (1901)

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

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  • Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Josh 7:6 : 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
  • 2 Sam 1:11 : 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
  • 2 Kgs 19:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
  • Luke 7:14 : 14 And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
  • Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

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  • 2 Sam 3:32-34
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    32And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

    33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

    34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
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    11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

    12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 19:1-2
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    1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

    2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
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    31Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-28
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    26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

    27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

    28And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

  • 2 Sam 13:36-37
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    36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. [

    37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

    38And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 3:21-24
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    21And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

    22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 3:16-17
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    16And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.

    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

    32And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
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    30And David went up by the ascent of the [mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

  • 2 Sam 14:1-2
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    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

    2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

  • 2 Sam 3:9
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    9God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;

  • 2 Sam 2:31-32
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    31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.

    32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 19:4-5
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    4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

    5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

  • 1 Sam 26:14
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    14and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

  • 2 Sam 4:1
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    1And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

  • 1 Sam 30:4
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    4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  • 2 Sam 2:24
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    24But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
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    39And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

  • 2 Sam 2:5
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    5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
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    17And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
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    5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
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    12And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 18:33
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    33And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 3:19
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    19And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 2:21
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    21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. [

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.