2 Samuel 3:33

33 Luego el rey cantó este canto fúnebre por Abner:
«¿Acaso tenía que morir Abner como mueren los necios?

2 Samuel 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

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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.)

2 Samuel 3:33 In-Context

31 David lamenta la muerte de Abner
Entonces David les dijo a Joab y a todos los que estaban con él: «Rásguense la ropa, pónganse tela áspera y hagan duelo por Abner». El rey David en persona caminó detrás del cortejo fúnebre hasta la tumba.

32 Así que enterraron a Abner en Hebrón, y el rey y todo el pueblo lloraron junto a la tumba.

33 Luego el rey cantó este canto fúnebre por Abner:
«¿Acaso tenía que morir Abner como mueren los necios?

34 Tus manos no estaban atadas;
tus pies no estaban encadenados.
No, fuiste asesinado,
víctima de un complot perverso».
Entonces todo el pueblo lloró nuevamente por Abner.

35 David rehusó comer el día del funeral y todos le suplicaban que comiera. Pero David había hecho el siguiente juramento: «Que Dios me castigue y aun me mate si como algo antes de que se ponga el sol».