And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king {H4428} lamented {H6969} over Abner {H74}, and said {H559}, Died {H4191} Abner {H74} as a fool {H5036} dieth {H4194}?
The king sang this lament over Avner: "Should Avner have died like a thug?
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
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2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the lamentations. -
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry. -
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? -
2 Samuel 13:12
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. -
2 Samuel 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. -
2 Samuel 1:17
¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: -
Jeremiah 17:11
[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.