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David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
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A Public Rebuke
Commentators explain that by forcing Joab, the murderer, to tear his clothes and wear sackcloth, David was issuing a public rebuke. This wasn't just mourning; it was a form of public penance, designed to show the entire nation that David condemned the treacherous act and was not complicit in it.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
Rend your clothes. —David commands a public mourning with the usual signs of torn clothes and sackcloth, and lays this co…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him To his whole court…
Presbyterian
Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart and in many …
