30. So that is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.
31. Then David ordered Joab and all the troops who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on funeral clothes! Mourn for Abner!" King David himself walked behind the body.
32. They buried Abner in Hebron. The king wept loudly at Abner’s grave. All the troops cried too.
33. Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner:"Should Abner have died like a fool dies?