When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
Parallel translations
- WEB They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
Abner is buried in Hebron, and David weeps aloud at his grave along with all the people. The king's open grief moves the whole nation.
Overview
At Abner's burial, David lifts up his voice in weeping, and the people join him in mourning. The shared lament unites Israel in sorrow and further clears David of suspicion in Abner's death. David's sincere tears reveal a tender conscience and a heart for reconciliation rather than triumph over a fallen rival.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
- 2 Sam 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 1 Sam 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
- 2 Sam 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
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