2 Samuel 1:11
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
Cross-References
“And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.”
“Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.”
“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”
“And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.”
“Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.”