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2 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3:34

David Mourns for Abner · 2 Samuel 3:31–39
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Translations

Modern
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the face of wicked men, you fell.” And all the people again wept over him.
Latin
Manus tuæ ligatæ non sunt, et pedes tui non sunt compedibus aggravati: sed sicut solent cadere coram filiis iniquitatis, sic corruisti. Congeminansque omnis populus flevit super eum.

Original

Hebrew
English
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

Notes

2 Samuel 3:34

before the wicked: Normal warfare could not defeat Abner, who was an experienced warrior. He could be defeated only through betrayal.

2 Samuel 3:1–39

The house of David (David’s family line and those loyal to his rule) grew stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker. A key turning point came when Abner, who held the real political power among Saul’s followers, changed his loyalty to David. When Abner did this, many of his relatives from the northern tribes followed him.

Theme notes and profiles

Abner David Joab

Events

Glossary

Abner David Ishbosheth Joab Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Abner: Murdered by Joab; David's Sorrow For Burial: Orations Sometimes Made At Elegy: On Abner Mourning: David's Lamentations Over: The Death of Abner Poetry: Elegy: Upon the Death of Abner Tact in David's Popular Methods in Mourning for Abner