2 Samuel 3:38
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And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
In other translations
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-toH413עֲבָדָיו'avadavservants hisH5650הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808תֵדְעוּtede'udo you knowH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588שַׂרsara leaderH8269וְגָדוֹלvegadoland a great [man]H1419נָפַלnafalhe has fallenH5307הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃beyisra'elin IsraelH3478
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Related verses
- Job 32:9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
- 1 Samuel 14:50-5150 And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.50 His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner. 51 Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
- 2 Samuel 2:8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- 2 Samuel 3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
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