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Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David walked behind the bier.

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 they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

And the king sang a song of mourning for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

"Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in bronze shackles; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And all the people wept over him again.

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

Then all the people came to provide food for David in his distress while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, "May God do so to me, and more so, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down."

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

Now all the people took note of David's vow, and it pleased them, just as everything that the king did pleased all the people.

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

So all the people and all Israel understood on that day that it had not been the desire of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

"And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer in proportion to his evil."

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.