World English Bible
"The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?"
— 2 Samuel 3:33, World English Bible
“And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?”
“And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? ”
“The king chanted the following lament for Abner:“Should Abner have died like a fool?”
“And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.”
“And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?”
“And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?”
So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.
All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down."
All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.