2 Samuel 3:31-39

31Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “1Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier. 32And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at 2the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. 33And 3the king sang a song of mourning for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in bronze shackles; As one falls before the 4wicked, you have fallen.” And all the people wept over him again. 35Then all the people came 5to provide 6food for David in his distress while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “7May God do so to me, and more so, if I taste bread or anything else 8before the sun goes down.” 36Now all the people took note of David’s vow, and it 9pleased them, just as everything that the king did 10pleased all the people. 37So all the people and all Israel understood on that day that it had not been the desire of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death. 38Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? 39And I am 11weak today, though anointed king; and these men, 12the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. 13May the Lord repay the evildoer in proportion to his evil.”