2 Samuel 3:32

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“When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.”

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BSBPD

“When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 3:32 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  2. 2 Samuel 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.
  3. 2 Samuel 4:12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
  4. 2 Samuel 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!”
  5. Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
  6. Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
  7. Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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