Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
Bier
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Bible References
Rend
2 Samuel 1:2
The next day, a man escaped from Saul's camp! With torn clothes and dirty hair, he approached David, fell to the ground, and bowed down to him.
Genesis 37:29
Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,
Joshua 7:6
At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust.
Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Oh no! My daughter! You have terribly burdened me! You've joined those who are causing me trouble, because I've given my word to the LORD, and I cannot go back on it.
2 Kings 19:1
When King Hezekiah heard Eliakim's report, he tore his clothes, put on a sackcloth covering, entered the LORD's Temple,
Bier
Luke 7:14
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"
General references
Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.