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2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:

Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1

9

He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.

10

So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that [was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

11

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:

12

And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

13

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.

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