11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
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Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)Here is, I. David’s reception of these tidings. So far was he from falling into a transport of joy, as the Amalekite expected, that he fell into a passion of weeping, rent his clothes (2 Sam. 1:11), mourned and fasted (2 Sam. 1:12), not only for his people Israel and Jonathan his friend but for Saul his enemy. This he did, not only as a man of honour, in observance of that decorum which forbids us…
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