They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of the LORD, because so many had been killed in battle.

The king was overcome with grief. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he cried, "O my son! My son Absalom! Absalom, my son! If only I had died in your place, my son! Absalom, my son!"

David and his men started crying and did not stop until they were completely exhausted.

Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.

Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble.

He came closer to the city, and when he saw it, he wept over it,

saying, "If you only knew today what is needed for peace! But now you cannot see it!