2 Samuel 3:34 KJV

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

Thou and Ye

  • thy, thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Joab kills Abner David mourns for himJudgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways...

Thompson Chains

  • Base FellowsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 13:13 · 7 links

Cross References

  • Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
  • 2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
  • Job 24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
  • Psalms 107:10–11 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; …
  • Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

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Topics

  • Abner Murdered by Joab; David’s sorrow for Abner
  • David Abner revolts from Ish-bosheth, and joins David, but is killed by Joab
  • Elegy On Abner
  • Hebron David crowned king of Judah at
  • Mourning The death of Abner

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC
  • IshboshethRival King of Israel · 1055–1048 BC

Timeline

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Thy hands יָדֶךָ yādekā יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • not bound לֹא lōʾ Negative אֲסֻרוֹת ʾăsurôt אָסַר Verb · qal passive participle, feminine plural לֹא lōʾ Negative
  • nor thy feet וְרַגְלֶיךָ wĕraglêkā רֶגֶל Noun · feminine dual construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • put הֻגָּשׁוּ huggāšû נָגַשׁ Verb · hophal perfect, third person common plural
  • into fetters לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם linḥuštayim נְחֹשֶׁת Noun · feminine dual · with preposition
  • as a man falleth כִּנְפוֹל kinpôl נָפַל Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
  • wicked עַוְלָה ʿawlâ עֶוֶל Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • men בְנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • fellest נָפָלְתָּ nāpālĕttā נָפַל Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • thou. And all the people כָל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • wept לִבְכּוֹת libkôt בָּכָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • again וַיֹּסִפוּ wayyōsipû יָסַף Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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