They mourned and wept, and fasted This is an evident instance of the disinterestedness and tenderness of David's heart, in that he could not forbear bewailing this melancholy end of Saul, though he was his bitter enemy, and sought his life.
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2 Samuel 1:12
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.