Wept

2 Samuel 3:32-35 – They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies? Your hands were not bound; your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him. Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”

Numbers 14:1 – Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

Isaiah 45:14 – Thus says the Lord: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will plead with you, saying: ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.’”

Ruth 1:17 – Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”

Application:

• ·         Because Abner’s murder had the potential of destroying the union of the nation under David’s rule, David did everything possible to demonstrate his innocence to the people.
• ·         One day the nations will acknowledge Israel’s God.
• ·         Ruth, a Gentile, swears her commitment to Naomi in the name of Israel’s God, thus acknowledging Him as her God.

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