2 Samuel 3:35 BBE

³³  And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?

³⁴  Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

³⁵  And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

³⁶  And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

³⁷  So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.