32 They buried Abner in Hebron, and David and all the people cried at Abner’s grave.
33 King David sang this funeral song for Abner.“Did Abner die like a fool?
34 His hands were not tied.His feet were not in chains.He fell at the hands of evil men.”Then all the people cried again for Abner.
35 They came to encourage David to eat while it was still day. But he made a promise, saying, “May God punish me terribly if I eat bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
36 All the people saw what happened, and they agreed with what the king was doing, just as they agreed with everything he did.
37 That day all the people of Judah and Israel understood that David did not order the killing of Abner son of Ner.
38 David said to his officers, “You know that a great man died today in Israel.