30 (So Joab and [a]Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battle.)

31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rent your clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourn [b]before Abner: and King David himself followed the bier.

32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, the King lift up his voice, and wept beside the sepulcher of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:30 Abishai is said to slay him with Joab, because he consented to the murder.
  2. 2 Samuel 3:31 Meaning before the corpse.

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