2Sam.3.33

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

2Sam.3.33

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!

2Sam.3.33

And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

2Sam.3.33

Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: "Should Abner have died as fools die?