¹ And the son of Saul heareth that Abner `is' dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.

⁴ And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,

²⁴ `We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

⁷ Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

² saying, `Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

³ And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

¹⁶ In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

⁴³ Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

³ Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.

⁹ for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

² and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who `are' with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

²⁷ And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth `rib' -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother.