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.
Ver. 12. And they mourned, and wept, and fasted.] The manlier any man is, the milder and more merciful. Julius Caesar when he had Pompey's head presented to him wept, and said, Non mihi placet vindicta, sed victoria, I sought not revenge, but victory. David was well pleased with Nabal's death; but mourned for Saul's: the case was not alike.