And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found [some] good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Ver. 13. And all Israel shall mourn for him.] As great Britain was all in black for the loss of that hopeful Prince Henry. As Cardan sang at Edward VI's death,
“ Flete nefas magnum, sed tote flebitis orbe
Mortales, vester corruit omnis honos.
Dignus Apollineis lacrymis doctaque Minervae
Flosculus, heu misero, concidit ante diem. ”
Briers, thorns, and thistles wither not so soon as lilies and roses. God's darlings oft die betime: when worse men are preserved, or rather reserved, for further mischief to them.