In 2 Samuel, Chapter one, the Bible describes David's reaction to King Saul's death.
The two of them had a pretty rocky relationship. They started off as friends, but eventually became enemies. Saul hunted David and tried to kill him numerous times.
Yet in spite of this, David still 'mounred and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan' (2 Samuel1:12).
Anyone might mourn for a loved one or a friend. It takes a bigger person to mourn an enemy. But even though Saul was jealous of David and feared and hated him, David never came to hate Saul. In the end, he wasn't just mourning the death of Saul, but the loss of what Saul could have been--a great friend, a better king, and a man of God's choosing.
I hope that I would mourn the loss of everyone who treated me poorly with as much sincerity as David did.
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