Verse 38
2 Samuel 3:38
Darby Translation
38
And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל עֲבָדָ֑י/ו הֲ/ל֣וֹא תֵדְע֔וּ כִּי שַׂ֣ר וְ/גָד֗וֹל נָפַ֛ל הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?"
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Chapter 3 Context
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And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually...
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And to David were sons born in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess;
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and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son...
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and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
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and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
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And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner...
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And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [Ishbosheth] said to Abner...
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Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, I who against Ju...
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So do God (Elohim) to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;
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to translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and o...
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And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
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And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make thy...
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And he said, Well, I will make a covenant with thee; only I require one thing of thee, that is, Thou...
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And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I espous...
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And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from [her] husband, from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
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And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, retur...
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Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David aforetime to be ki...
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and now do [it], for Jehovah has spoken of David, saying, By my servant David will I save my people...
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And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in H...
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So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that wer...
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And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that t...
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And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from an expedition, and brought in a great spoil wit...
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And Joab and all the host that was with him came; and they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner c...
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Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came to thee; why is it [th...
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Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, to know thy going out and thy comin...
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And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from th...
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And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him secretly, a...
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And afterwards David heard [it], and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever...
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let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the hous...
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So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in...
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And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yours...
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And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; an...
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And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
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Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest...
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And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, S...
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And all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people...
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And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the s...
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And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this da...
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And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for m...
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