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2 Samuel 3:11
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because: 2 Samuel 3:39
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:28 - which belonged to Judah Psalms 60:2 - broken
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And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground.
Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].
And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he could not answer Abner a word again,.... That is, he would not, he durst not; otherwise, if it was fact he charged him with, he could have insisted on the truth of it, and aggravated the crime and scandal of it; and observed it to him, that the kindness he had shown him was no excuse for it; but such things, though he would, he durst not say:
because he feared him; he had the army at his command, and could dethrone him when he pleased; and it has been the fate of greater men than Ishbosheth to be awed by their generals, and even David himself; see 2 Samuel 3:39.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 3:11. He could not answer Abner a word — Miserable is the lot of a king who is governed by the general of his army, who may strip him of his power and dignity whenever he pleases! Witness the fate of poor Charles I. of England and Louis XVI. of France. Military men, above all others, should never be intrusted with any civil power, and should be great only in the field.