2 Samuel 3:31-36

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³¹ Then David said to Joab and to all those who were with him, “Go into deep mourning for Abner.” And King David accompanied the bier to the cemetery. ³² They buried Abner in Hebron. And the king and all the people wept at the graveside.

^33-34 “Should Abner have died like a fool?” the king lamented.

And all the people wept again for him. ^35-36 David had refused to eat anything the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to take a bite of supper. But David vowed that he would eat nothing until sundown. This pleased his people, just as everything else he did pleased them!