Why did David and his men mourn their enemy’s demise (2 Samuel 1:12)?
David and his men mourned the death of Saul and Jonathan because (1) Jonathan was David’s close friend; (2) Saul, although corrupt, was nonetheless their king; (3) the death of even a corrupt king meant politically difficult times for Israel and (4) the deaths came from another humiliating defeat at the hands of the Philistines.
