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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Samuel 3 KJV ESV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/2_samuel/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_samuel/">2 Samuel</a> > 2 Samuel 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/2.shtml" title="2 Samuel 2">◄</a> 2 Samuel 3 <a href="../2_samuel/4.shtml" title="2 Samuel 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">KJV Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/2_samuel/3.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/2_samuel/3.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/2_samuel/3.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/2_samuel/3.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/2_samuel/3.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/2_samuel/3.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/2_samuel/3.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/2_samuel/3.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/2_samuel/3.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/2_samuel/3.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/2_samuel/3.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And 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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">While there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Saul had a concubine, whose name <i>was</i> Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and <i>Ishbosheth</i> said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, <i>Am</i> I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">God do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the LORD has sworn to him,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose <i>is</i> the land? saying <i>also</i>, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand <i>shall be</i> with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said, “Good; I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you; that is, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver <i>me</i> my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from <i>her</i> husband, <i>even</i> from Phaltiel the son of Laish.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel the son of Laish.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” And he returned.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past <i>to be</i> king over you:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now then do <i>it</i>: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now then bring it about, for the LORD has promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Abner also spoke to Benjamin. And then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that <i>were</i> with him a feast.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner said to David, “I will arise and go and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from <i>pursuing</i> a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner <i>was</i> not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Joab and all the host that <i>was</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has let him go, and he has gone in peace.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew <i>it</i> not.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And 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 <i>rib</i>, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And afterward when David heard <i>it</i>, he said, I and my kingdom <i>are</i> guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And David said to Joab, and to all the people that <i>were</i> with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David <i>himself</i> followed the bier.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner.” And King David followed the bier.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Thy hands <i>were</i> not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, <i>so</i> fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Your hands were not bound; your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And all the people took notice <i>of it</i>, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as everything that the king did pleased all the people.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s will to put to death Abner the son of Ner.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I <i>am</i> this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah <i>be</i> too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I was gentle today, though anointed king. 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