³² And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

¹⁷ Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

²⁸ That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

⁴ Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

¹² And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

³³ Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

⁴¹ And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

⁴² Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.