2 Samuel 3:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said unto his servants Who perhaps were not sensible enough of this loss, or thought he bewailed it too much; Know ye not that there is a prince, &c., fallen this day in Israel? He bids them consider Abner's birth and his power, his authority and his valour, with all his other excellent qualities, and they would not think it strange that he mourned so much for him.