They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
- NKJV So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
- NASB And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
- NLT They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.
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- Prov 24:17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
- Job 31:28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
- 1 Sam 30:4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
- 2 Sam 1:12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Sam 18:33The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Luke 19:41–42When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
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