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2 Samuel 1:11

American Standard Version

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

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2 Samuel 1:11 in other translations

Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.

2 Samuel 1:11 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 1:11 in context

  1. 9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
  2. 10So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
  3. 11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
  4. 12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
  5. 13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.