David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

Now may the Lord show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.

David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier.

King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.

Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!

Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant!

But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate.

He called his personal attendant and said to him, "Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!"

(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.

Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.

Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, "I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

Joab replied, "I will not wait around like this for you!" He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

The one true God is my mighty refuge; he removes the obstacles in my way.

He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.