Quotes about Mourning
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
- 1 Samuel 31:11
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
- 1 Samuel 31:13
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 2 Samuel 1:1
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
- 2 Samuel 1:9
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
- 2 Samuel 1:11
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 1:12
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- 2 Samuel 1:17
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
- 2 Samuel 1:24
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 2 Samuel 3:31
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 2 Samuel 3:31
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
- 2 Samuel 3:32
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
- 2 Samuel 3:33