Шмуэль Б 21:1 Галаха: Mishneh Torah, Fasts, Sefer Chasidim & Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah

In the sixth, he concludes, "He who answered David and his son, Solomon, in Jerusalem, He will answer you and hear the sound of your cry on this day. Blessed are You, Lord, who has mercy upon the Land." And all of the people answer, "Amen," after each and every blessing — in the way that they answer after all blessings.

This is the path of the upright with their steadfast hearts, but the gentiles with their uncircumsized hearts are not so,¹Yebamoth 79a. and their wrath is kept forever. Concerning the Gibeonites, because they have not forgiven and have remained unpacified, Scripture says, they “Were not of the children of Israel” (II Sam. 21:2).²See II Samuel 21:1, in Soncino Books of the Bible, ed. A. Cohen (London: Soncino Press, 1949), 319. He who has sinned against his teacher and seeks his pardon but is not pardoned, returns even a hundred times until he is pardoned.³Yoma 87b.

A minor who commits suicide wilfullly, is considered as though it were [done] unintentionally.¹²Sem(H). II, 4-5. Since he is of immature mind. The same is applicable to an imbecile — Tur. And likewise, one who was of age, and committed suicide wilfully, [being under pressure, as [in the case of] King Saul,¹³For whom suicide was permitted lest the Philistines torture him. Yeb. 78b: ‘“For Saul” (II Sam. XXI, 1) because he was not mourned for properly.’ also Gen. R. Noah XXXIV, 1 Thus also N and Asheri. On King Saul’s tragic death v. I Sam. — [the law is that] they withhold not from him a thing.