2 Samuel 1:11
Good News Translation
David tore his clothes in sorrow, and all his men did the same.

New Revised Standard Version
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did the same.

Contemporary English Version
At once, David and his soldiers tore their clothes in sorrow.

New American Bible
David seized his garments and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

rent

2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

2 Samuel 13:31 Then the king rose up, and rent his garments: and fell upon the ground, and all his servants, that stood about him, rent their garments.

Genesis 37:29,34 And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy: . . .

Acts 14:14 Which, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people, crying,

likewise

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

Context
David Learns of Saul's Death
10So standing over him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not live after the fall: and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither to thee, my lord. 11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening 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.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:29
And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Genesis 37:34
And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their garments, and loading their asses again, returned into the town.

Joshua 7:6
But Joshua rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground, before the ark of the Lord, until the evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel: and they put dust upon their heads.

2 Samuel 13:19
And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying.

2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king rose up, and rent his garments: and fell upon the ground, and all his servants, that stood about him, rent their garments.

2 Chronicles 34:27
And thy heart was softened, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of God for the things that are spoken against this place, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and reverencing my face, hast rent thy garments, and wept before me: I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

Ezra 9:3
And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.

Esther 4:1
Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.

Jeremiah 36:24
And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Joel 2:13
And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

2 Samuel 1:10
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