2 Samuel 3:34

Thy hands were not bound, 1 nor thy raglayim put into fetters; 1 as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And kol HaAm wept again over him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33And in a dirge HaMelech lamented over Avner, and said, 1 Died Avner as a naval (fool) dieth? 1

35And when kol HaAm came to cause Dovid to eat lechem while it was yet day, Dovid swore a shevua (oath), saying, So do Elohim to me, and more also, if I taste lechem, or anything else, till the shemesh go down.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and did a tzom until the erev, for Sha'ul, and for Yonatan bno, and for the Am Hashem, and for Bais Yisroel; because they were fallen by the cherev.

Psalms 107:10Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, 1 being bound in oni and barzel (iron); 1

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:23-39

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. ( b. c. 1048.) 22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?… Read the whole commentary →

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