32. They buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly at Abner’s grave, and all the people cried.
33. The king sang a funeral song for Abner:Should Abner die like a godless fool?
34. Your hands were not tied.Your feet were not chained.You fell as one falls in front of wicked men.And all the people continued to cry for him.
35. That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”
36. Then all the people understood and approved of this, as all the people approved of everything the king did.
37. That day all the people of Israel knew the king wasn’t responsible for killing Ner’s son Abner.
38. The king said to his officers, “Don’t you know that today a leader, a great man, has fallen in Israel?