2 Samuel 3:31-34

The Message

^31-32 David ordered Joab and all the men under him, “Rip your cloaks into rags! Wear mourning clothes! Lead Abner’s funeral procession with loud lament!” King David followed the coffin. They buried Abner in Hebron. The king’s voice was loud in lament as he wept at the side of Abner’s grave. All the people wept, too.

^33-34 Then the king sang this tribute to Abner:

And all the people wept—a crescendo of crying!