And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
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Gill's Exposition
And the king lamented over Abner,.... Delivered an elegy or funeral oration, which he had composed on this occasion, as Josephus (u) suggests: for he had cried and wept before, but now he expressed…
Barnes' Notes
Lamented - i. e. composed and sang the funeral dirge which follows (compare 2Sa 1:17). Died Abner ... - i. e. The great and noble and valiant Abner had died as ignobly and as helplessly as the meanest…
Adam Clarke
The king lamented over Abner - This lamentation, though short, is very pathetic. It is a high strain of poetry; but the measure cannot be easily ascertained. Our own translation may be measured thus:…
We have here an account of the murder of Abner by Joab, and David's deep resentment of it.
I. Joab very insolently fell foul upon David for treating with Abner. He happened to be abroad upon service…
Cambridge Bible
lamented See note on ch. 2Sa 1:17.
Died Abner as a fool dieth Lit. As dies a fool should Abner die? Was this ignoble death, befitting a fool, to be the fate of so brave a warrior?
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