36 And all the people knew it, and it [a]pleased them: as whatsoever the King did, pleased all the people.

37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day, how that it was not the King’s deed that Abner the son of Ner was slain.

38 And the King said unto his servants, Know ye not, that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:36 It is expedient sometimes not only to conceive inward sorrow, but also that it may appear to others, to the intent that they may be satisfied.

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