2 Samuel 3:32

Contemporary English Version

Abner was buried in Hebron, while David and everyone else stood at the tomb and cried loudly.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept,

Hebrew Names Version
They buried Aviner in Hevron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Aviner; and all the people wept.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
And they buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

English Standard Version
They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

New Century Version
They buried Abner in Hebron, and David and all the people cried at Abner's grave.

New English Translation
So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner's grave and all the people wept too.

Amplified Bible
They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

New American Standard Bible
And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they had buryed Abner in Hebron, the King lift vp his voyce, and wept beside the sepulchre of Abner, and all the people wept.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

Complete Jewish Bible
They buried Avner at Hevron; the king wept aloud at Avner's grave, and all the people wept.

Darby Translation
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.

George Lamsa Translation
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.

Good News Translation
Abner was buried at Hebron, and the king wept aloud at the grave, and so did all the people.

Literal Translation
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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they buryed Abner at Hebron, the kynge lifte vp his voyce, and wepte besyde Abners graue, and all the people wepte also.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they buried Abner in Hebron, the king lift vp his voyce, & wept besyde the sepulchre of Abner, and al the people wept.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
And they buried Abner in Hebron, and the king lift vp his voice, and wept at the graue of Abner; and all the people wept.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they bury Abenner in Chebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at his tomb, and all the people wept for Abenner.

English Revised Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner's tomb, and all the people wept.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei hadden biried Abner in Ebron, kyng Dauid reiside his vois, and wepte on the biriel of Abner; `forsothe and al the puple wepte.

Young's Literal Translation
And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep;

Update Bible Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

New King James Version
So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

New Living Translation
They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.

New Life Bible
They buried Abner in Hebron. And the king cried in a loud voice at Abner's grave. All the people cried.

New Revised Standard
They buried Abner at Hebron. The king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.

Revised Standard Version
They buried Abner at Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

Contextual Overview

²² Soon after Abner had left Hebron, Joab and some of David's soldiers came back, bringing a lot of things they had taken from an enemy village. ²³ Right after they arrived, someone told Joab, "Abner visited the king, and the king let him go. Abner even left without causing any trouble." ²⁴ Joab went to David and said, "What have you done? Abner came to you, and you let him go. Now he's long gone! ²⁵ You know Abner—he came to trick you. He wants to find out how strong your army is and to know everything you're doing." ²⁶ Joab left David, then he sent some messengers to catch up with Abner. They brought him back from the well at Sirah, but David did not know anything about it. ²⁷ When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pretended he wanted to talk privately with him. So he took Abner into one of the small rooms that were part of the town gate and stabbed him in the stomach. Joab killed him because Abner had killed Joab's brother Asahel. ²⁸ David heard how Joab had killed Abner, and he said, "I swear to the Lord that I am completely innocent of Abner's death! ²⁹ Joab and his family are the guilty ones. I pray that Joab's family will always be sick with sores and other skin diseases. May they all be cowards, and may they die in war or starve to death." ³⁰ Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon. ³¹ David told Joab and everyone with him, "Show your sorrow by tearing your clothes and wearing sackcloth! Walk in front of Abner's body and cry!" David walked behind the stretcher on which Abner's body was being carried.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lifted: 2 Samuel 1:12, 2 Samuel 18:33, 1 Samuel 30:4, Job 31:28, Proverbs 24:17, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:12 - in the sepulchre 2 Samuel 21:14 - buried

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they buried Abner in Hebron,.... According to the Jewish account of places of burial s, he was buried in the midst of the city, though burying places were generally without; and so Fuller t places this in his map; whether the cave of Machpelah, which was near Hebron, was now used for a burying place, is not certain:

and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; made a great outcry, a loud lamentation, so as to be heard by all the people; and which no doubt was real and hearty, and not done merely with political views:

and all the people wept; through concern for the death of Abner, especially on account of the manner in which it was, and in imitation of the king, and being affected with his tears and cries.

s Cippi Heb. p. 8. t Pisgah-Sight, &c. in the Map of Judah.