3:30 So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.
3:31 David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed 1 behind the funeral bier. 3:32 So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly 2 over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too. 3:33 The king chanted the following lament for Abner:
“Should Abner have died like a fool?
1 tn Heb “was walking.”
2 tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.