2 Samuel 3:31-39

31David told Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” King David followed the open casket.

32They buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly at Abner’s grave, and all the people cried.

33The king sang a funeral song for Abner: Should Abner die like a godless fool?

34Your hands were not tied. Your feet were not chained. You fell as one falls in front of wicked men. And all the people continued to cry for him.

35That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”

36Then all the people understood and approved of this, as all the people approved of everything the king did.

37That day all the people of Israel knew the king wasn’t responsible for killing Ner’s son Abner.

38The king said to his officers, “Don’t you know that today a leader, a great man, has fallen in Israel?

39Today I’m weak, though I’m the anointed king. These men, Zeruiah’s sons, are too cruel for me. May the Lord repay this evildoer as his evil deeds deserve.”