2 Samuel 1:11

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Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

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  • 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.
  • 2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
  • Gen 37:29 : 29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
  • Josh 7:6 : 6 Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.
  • Acts 14:14 : 14 But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

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  • 2 Sam 13:30-31
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    30 Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.

    31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
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    12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 1 Sam 15:27
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    27 And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-17
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    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

    17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • 1 Sam 24:4-5
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    4 And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

    5 And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
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    11 And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;

  • 2 Sam 1:9-10
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    9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

    10 So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

  • 1 Kgs 11:30
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    30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.

  • 1 Sam 18:4
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    4 And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.

  • 1 Sam 30:4
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    4 Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
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    19 And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
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    30 Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
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    12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:

  • 2 Sam 1:4
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    4 And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

  • 1 Sam 4:12
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    12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
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    30 And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

  • 2 Sam 1:24-25
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    24 O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

    25 How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

  • 2 Sam 13:36
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    36 And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

  • 1 Chr 10:11-12
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    11 And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12 All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

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    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • 2 Sam 6:14
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    14 And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.

  • Isa 37:1
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    1 And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
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    12 And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
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    1 And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 24:11
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    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 2 Sam 1:2
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    2 On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.

  • Gen 37:34
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    34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

  • 1 Sam 31:11-12
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    11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12 All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.

  • 1 Sam 20:41
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    41 And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

  • 1 Chr 15:27
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    27 And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
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    1 And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

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    9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

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    15 And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

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    17 And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

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    4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

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    4 So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

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    10 When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

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    8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.

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    4 But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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    4 So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.