2 Samuel 3:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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 himself followed the bier.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶל־יוֹאָ֜ב וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ קִרְע֤וּ בִגְדֵיכֶם֙ וְחִגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְסִפְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֑ר וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד הֹלֵ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵ֥י הַמִּטָּֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer dāwid to yôʾāb wə- to all hā-ʿām ʾăšer with him, qirʿû bigdêkem wə-ḥigrû śaqqîm wə-sipdû before ʾabnēr wə-ha-melek dāwid hōlēk after ha-miṭṭâ

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive - and he said
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*yôʾāb*: proper noun - Joab
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/that
*qirʿû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - tear/rend
*bigdêkem*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your garments
*wə-ḥigrû*: conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - and gird
*śaqqîm*: noun masculine plural - sackcloth
*wə-sipdû*: conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - and lament/mourn
*ʾabnēr*: proper noun - Abner
*wə-ha-melek*: conjunction + definite article + noun masculine singular - and the king
*hōlēk*: Qal participle masculine singular - walking/going
*ha-miṭṭâ*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the bier/bed

Word Meanings

*qirʿû*: tear/rend (as sign of mourning)
*ḥigrû*: gird/put on
*śaqqîm*: sackcloth (material worn in mourning)
*sipdû*: lament/mourn/wail
*miṭṭâ*: bier/bed/funeral couch

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Referenced Verses

Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, 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 the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and 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 the LORD, and I cannot go back.
2 Sam 1:2 : 2 It came even 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 the LORD.
Luke 7:14 : 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 3:32-34
3 verses
89%
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 over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
2 Sam 3:30
81%
30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Sam 1:11-12
2 verses
81%
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 the LORD, 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 how the king was grieved for his son.
2 Sam 13:31
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31Then the king arose, and tare 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, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, 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 the LORD for ever from 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
2 verses
76%
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 Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Sam 3:37-38
2 verses
76%
37For 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 league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, 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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75%
16And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past 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 innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, 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
74%
30And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was 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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74%
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Sam 3:9
74%
9So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
2 Sam 2:31-32
2 verses
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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 Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
2 Sam 19:4-5
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4But 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, which 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 Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
1 Sam 30:4
73%
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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24Joab also 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
73%
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
72%
5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Sam 2:17
72%
17And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
1 Kgs 2:5
72%
5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and 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
72%
12And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Sam 18:33
71%
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 God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Sam 17:57
71%
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 that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
2 Sam 20:11
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11And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
2 Sam 18:15
71%
15And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
2 Sam 3:6
71%
6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
2 Sam 2:21
71%
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 armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Sam 17:24
71%
24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.