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shall_v ear_v his_o heart_n with_o salt_n than_o lelius_n his_o friend_n offer_v he_o the_o least_o unkindness_n how_o do_v david_n weep_v over_o the_o hearse_n of_o abner_n be_v perfidious_o murder_v by_o joab_n he_o command_v the_o people_n to_o rend_v their_o clothes_n 35._o 2_o sam._n 3.31.32_o 33_o 35._o and_o gird_v they_o with_o sackcloth_n and_o mourn_v before_o abner_n and_o king_n david_n himself_o follow_v the_o bier_n and_o lift_v up_o his_o voice_n and_o weep_v at_o the_o grave_n of_o abner_n say_v die_v abner_n as_o a_o fool_n die_v and_o all_o the_o people_n weep_v again_o over_o he_o and_o david_n will_v not_o taste_v bread_n or_o aught_o else_o till_o the_o sun_n be_v down_o whereby_o all_o israel_n understand_v that_o day_n that_o it_o be_v not_o of_o the_o king_n to_o slay_v abner_n the_o son_n of_o ner._n do_v david_n a_o king_n so_o much_o lament_v the_o murder_n of_o abner_n his_o subject_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v we_o subject_n lament_v the_o murder_n of_o 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