2 Samuel 3:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.

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  • Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.
  • 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
  • Ps 107:10-11 : 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High:
  • Hos 6:9 : 9 And as bands of robbers wait for someone, so the company of priests murder on the way by agreement: for they commit lewdness.

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  • 2 Sam 3:30-33
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

    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, Did Abner die as a fool dies?

  • 2 Sam 3:36-38
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    36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

    37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing to kill Abner the son of Ner.

    38And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 4:1
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    1And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were weak, and all the Israelites were troubled.

  • 1 Sam 26:14-16
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    14And David cried out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Do you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered and said, "Who are you that cries to the king?"

    15And David said to Abner, "Are you not a valiant man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord."

    16This thing you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you are deserving of death because you have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."

  • 2 Sam 13:36
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    36And it came to pass, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

  • 2 Sam 3:23-26
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    23When Joab and all the host that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

    25You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

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

    2And the victory that day turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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

    12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-9
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    8Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, that against Judah I show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

    9God do so to Abner, and more also, unless, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

  • 2 Sam 4:12
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    12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
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    28And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 1:25
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    25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high places.

  • 2 Sam 1:27
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    27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 16:8-9
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    8The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man.

    9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.

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

  • 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 2:31
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    31But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

  • 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!

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  • 2 Sam 2:22-23
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    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

    23But he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner struck him with the back end of the spear under the fifth rib, so the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died on the spot: and as many as came to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still.

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    57When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  • 2 Sam 1:14-15
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    14And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

    15And David called one of the young men and said, Go near, and strike him. And he smote him that he died.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
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    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

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    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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    21And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you.

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    31that this will be no grief to you, nor a cause of remorse of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.

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    4And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please, tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people are also fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead as well.