2 Samuel 3:11

And [Ish-Bosheth] was no longer able to {answer} Abner {because he feared him}.

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And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

Because

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Because

2 Samuel 3:39
I [am] weak today even though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] crueler than I [am]. May Yahweh pay them back for doing wickedness according to their [own] wickedness."

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Proverbs 29:12
A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.