2Samuel 1
1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,H310H4194H7586H1732H7725H5221H6002H1732H3427H8147H3117H68602on the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.H7992H3117H376H935H4264H7586H899H7167H127H7218H935H1732H5307H776H78123And David said to him, "Where have you come from?" So he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."H1732H559H935H559H4264H3478H44224Then David said to him, "How did the matter go? Please tell me." And he answered, "The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."H1732H559H4100H1697H5046H559H5971H5127H4421H7235H5971H5307H4191H7586H3083H1121H41915So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?"H1732H559H5288H5046H3045H7586H3083H1121H41916Then the young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.H5288H5046H559H7136H7122H2022H1533H7586H8172H2595H7393H1167H6571H16927"Now when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, 'Here I am.'H6437H310H7200H7121H5598"And he said to me, 'Who are you?' So I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'H559H559H60039"He said to me again, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for anguish has come upon me, but my life still remains in me.'H559H5975H4191H7661H270H531510"So I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord."H5975H4191H3045H2421H310H5307H3947H5145H7218H685H2220H935H11311Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.H1732H2388H899H7167H58212And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.H5594H1058H6684H6153H7586H3083H1121H5971H3068H1004H3478H5307H271913Then David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."H1732H559H5288H5046H559H1121H376H1616H600314So David said to him, "How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?"H1732H559H3372H7971H3027H7843H3068H489915Then David called one of the young men and said, "Go near, and execute him!" And he struck him so that he died.H1732H7121H259H5288H559H5066H6293H5221H419116So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.'"H1732H559H1818H7218H6310H6030H559H4191H3068H489917Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,H1732H6969H7015H7586H3083H112118and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written in the Book of Jasher:H559H3925H1121H3063H7198H3789H5612H347719"The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!H6643H3478H2491H1116H1368H530720Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon—Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.H5046H1661H1319H2351H831H1323H6430H8055H1323H6189H593721"O mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, Nor fields of offerings. For the shield of the mighty is cast away there! The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.H2022H1533H2919H4306H7704H8641H4043H1368H1602H4043H7586H4899H808122From the blood of the slain, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan did not turn back, And the sword of Saul did not return empty.H1818H2491H2459H1368H7198H3083H7734H268H2719H7586H7725H738723"Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.H7586H3083H157H5273H2416H4194H6504H7043H5404H1396H73824"O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury; Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.H1323H3478H1058H7586H3847H8144H5730H5927H5716H2091H383025"How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan was slain in your high places.H1368H5307H8432H4421H3083H2491H111626I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me; Your love to me was wonderful, Surpassing the love of women.H6887H251H3083H3966H5276H160H6381H160H80227"How the mighty have fallen, And the weapons of war perished!"H1368H5307H3627H4421H6
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