They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
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