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And the king lamented over Abner and said, “Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said, “Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?
And the king lamented over Abner and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
and the king sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool dies?
The king sang this lament over Avner: “Should Avner have died like a thug?
Then the king sang a funeral song about Abner: Abner, why should you have died like an outlaw?
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
King David sang this sad song at Abner’s funeral: “Did Abner die like some foolish criminal?
The king sang this song about Abner's death: ‘Abner, you should not have died like a fool.
The king lamented over Abner, “Should Abner have died as a fool dies?
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
King David ·sang [chanted; intoned; or composed] this ·funeral song [lament] for Abner. “·Did [Should] Abner ·die [have died] like a fool?
And the King lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
The king sang a funeral song for Abner: Should Abner die like a godless fool?
David sang this lament for Abner: “Why did Abner have to die like a fool?
and the king sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?
King David sang this funeral song for Abner. “Did Abner die like a foolish man?
The king composed this mourning song for Abner: “Should Abner’s death be like a fool’s?
And the king lamented over Abner and said, Abner died the death of a fool!
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king chanted a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a wicked fool dies?
The king sang a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner have died the death of a fool?
“Should Abner have died like a fool?” the king lamented. “Your hands were not bound, Your feet were not tied— You were murdered— The victim of a wicked plot.” And all the people wept again for him.
Then the king sang this tribute to Abner: Can this be? Abner dead like a nameless bum? You were a free man, free to go and do as you wished— Yet you fell as a victim in a street brawl. And all the people wept—a crescendo of crying!
Then, the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner have died as a fool dies?
The king sang a funeral song for Abner: Should Abner die like a godless fool?
And the king sang this lament over Abner: Should Abner have died like a fool?
And the king sang a song of mourning for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The king chanted a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Then the king sang this lament for Abner: “Why should Abner have died the way a lawless brute dies?
King David sang this funeral song for Abner. “Did Abner die like a fool?
The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?
King David sang a song of sadness over Abner. He said, “Should Abner have died as sinful people do?
The king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
The king sang this lament for Abner: ‘Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The king sang a song of sorrow for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: “Should Abner have died as fools die?
The king lamented for Abner, saying, ‘Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The king lamented for Abner, saying, ‘Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
The king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
And in a dirge HaMelech lamented over Avner, and said, Died Avner as a naval (fool) dieth?
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, “Did Abner die as a fool dies?
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Then the king chanted a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner die like a senseless fool?
The king sang a song of lament for Abner. David: Why should Abner die a fool’s death?
The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
And the king bewailed, and bemourned Abner, and said, Abner, thou diedest not as dreadful men, either cowards, be wont to die (Abner, thou hast not died like fearful men, or like cowards, be wont to die).
and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- `As the death of a fool doth Abner die?
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