‏ 2 Samuel 3:31

31. David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth--David's sorrow was sincere and profound, and he took occasion to give it public expression by the funeral honors he appointed for Abner.

King David himself followed the bier--a sort of wooden frame, partly resembling a coffin, and partly a hand-barrow.

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