King James Version
2 Samuel 3:33 in the King James Version says “And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?”
2 Samuel 3:33 · KJV
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. bier: Heb. bed
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
Thy 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. wicked: Heb. children of iniquity
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
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“dieth”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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