2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
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When David took hold on his clothes,.... Not on the young man's but his own:
and rent them; on bearing of the death of Saul and Jonathan, see Gen 37:34; from whence the Jews (l) gather, that a man…
Here is, I. David's reception of these tidings. So far was he from falling into a transport of joy, as the Amalekite expected, that he fell into a passion of weeping, rent his clothes (Sa2 1:11),…
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