31 Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner. And King David followed the bier.
32They buried Abner at Hebron. The king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
33The king lamented for Abner, saying,
Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34 Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered;
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.
And all the people wept over him again.
35Then all the people came to persuade David to eat something while it was still day; but David swore, saying, So may God do to me, and more, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!
36All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; just as everything the king did pleased all the people.
37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.
38And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
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