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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?

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:36

    And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

  2. 2 Samuel 3:37

    For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

  3. 2 Samuel 3:39

    And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.