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2 Samuel 1:11
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Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
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Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:
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Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
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2 Samuel 1
9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
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