31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
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Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier.
32 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.
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They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.
33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
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The king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died as the lawless die?