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2 Samuel 4:1

And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

KJV

Audivit autem Isboseth filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in Hebron : et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus, omnisque Israël perturbatus est.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἤκουσεν Μεμφιβόσθε υἱὸς Σαοὺλ ὅτι τέθνηκεν Ἀβεννὴρ ἐν Χεβρών, καὶ ἐξελύθησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ παρείθησαν.

LXX

And whenIsh-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע בֶּן שָׁא֗וּל כִּ֣י מֵ֤ת אַבְנֵר֙ בְּ/חֶבְר֔וֹן וַ/יִּרְפּ֖וּ יָדָ֑י/ו וְ/כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִבְהָֽלוּ

Hebrew

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People SaulAbner

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַבְנֵ֣ר
'bnr
proper_noun · 63×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֶבְר֖וֹן
chbrvn
proper_noun · 70×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ךָ֖
k
verb · 46×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezra 4:4 — Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
  • Isa 13:7 — Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
  • Jer 6:24 — We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.