2 Samuele 3:33

33 E il re fece un lamento sopra Abner, e disse: Abner deve egli esser morto, come muore un uomo da nulla?

2 Samuele 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king lamented over Abner
Delivered an elegy or funeral oration, which he had composed on this occasion, as Josephus


FOOTNOTES:

F21 suggests: for he had cried and wept before, but now he expressed something as follows:

and said, died Abner as a fool dieth?
the meaning of the interrogation is, he did not; the Targum is

``did Abner die as wicked men die?''

no, he did not; he did not die for any wickedness he had been guilty of; he did not die as a malefactor, whose crime has been charged and proved in open court, and sentence of condemnation pronounced on him righteously for it; but he died without anything being laid to his charge, and much less proved, and without judge or jury; he was murdered in a clandestine, insidious, and deceitful manner; so the word "fool" is often taken in Scripture for a wicked man, especially in the book of Proverbs; the Septuagint version leaves the word untranslated,

``died Abner according to the death of Nabal?''

no; but it could hardly be thought that David would mention the name of any particular person on such an occasion.


F21 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 6.)

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2 Samuele 3:33 In-Context

31 E Davide disse a Ioab, e a tutto il popolo ch’era seco: Stracciatevi i vestimenti, e cignetevi di sacchi, e fate duolo, andando davanti ad Abner. E il re Davide andava dietro alla bara.
32 Ed Abner fu seppellito in Hebron. E il re alzò la voce, e pianse presso alla sepoltura di Abner; tutto il popolo ancora pianse.
33 E il re fece un lamento sopra Abner, e disse: Abner deve egli esser morto, come muore un uomo da nulla?
34 Le tue mani non erano legate, e i tuoi piedi non erano stati messi ne’ ceppi; Tu sei morto come altri muore per mano d’uomini scellerati.
35 E tutto il popolo da capo fece duolo sopra Abner. Poi tutto il popolo venne per far prender cibo a Davide, mentre era ancora giorno. Ma Davide giurò, e disse: Così mi faccia Iddio, e così aggiunga, se io assaggio pane, o cosa altra veruna, avanti che il sole sia tramontato.
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