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1Shortly after Saul died, David returned to Ziklag from his rout of the Amalekites.H310H4194H7586H1732H7725H5221H6002H1732H3427H8147H3117H6860 2Three days later a man showed up unannounced from Saul's army camp. Disheveled and obviously in mourning, he fell to his knees in respect before David.H7992H3117H376H935H4264H7586H899H7167H127H7218H935H1732H5307H776H7812 3David asked, "What brings you here?" He answered, "I've just escaped from the camp of Israel."H1732H559H935H559H4264H3478H4422 4"So what happened?" said David. "What's the news?" He said, "The Israelites have fled the battlefield, leaving a lot of their dead comrades behind. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."H1732H559H4100H1697H5046H559H5971H5127H4421H7235H5971H5307H4191H7586H3083H1121H4191 5David pressed the young soldier for details: "How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?"H1732H559H5288H5046H3045H7586H3083H1121H4191 6"I just happened by Mount Gilboa and came on Saul, badly wounded and leaning on his spear, with enemy chariots and horsemen bearing down hard on him.H5288H5046H559H7136H7122H2022H1533H7586H8172H2595H7393H1167H6571H1692 7He looked behind him, saw me, and called me to him. 'Yes sir,' I said, 'at your service.'H6437H310H7200H7121H559 8He asked me who I was, and I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.'"H559H559H6003 9"Come here," he said, "and put me out of my misery. I'm nearly dead already, but my life hangs on."H559H5975H4191H7661H270H5315 10"So I did what he asked—I killed him. I knew he wouldn't last much longer anyway. I removed his royal headband and bracelet, and have brought them to my master. Here they are."H5975H4191H3045H2421H310H5307H3947H5145H7218H685H2220H935H113 11In lament, David ripped his clothes to ribbons. All the men with him did the same.H1732H2388H899H7167H582 12They wept and fasted the rest of the day, grieving the death of Saul and his son Jonathan, and also the army of GOD and the nation Israel, victims in a failed battle.H5594H1058H6684H6153H7586H3083H1121H5971H3068H1004H3478H5307H2719 13Then David spoke to the young soldier who had brought the report: "Who are you, anyway?" "I'm from an immigrant family—an Amalekite."H1732H559H5288H5046H559H1121H376H1616H6003 14"Do you mean to say," said David, "that you weren't afraid to up and kill GOD's anointed king?"H1732H559H3372H7971H3027H7843H3068H4899 15Right then he ordered one of his soldiers, "Strike him dead!" The soldier struck him, and he died.H1732H7121H259H5288H559H5066H6293H5221H4191 16"You asked for it," David told him. "You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed GOD's anointed king."H1732H559H1818H7218H6310H6030H559H4191H3068H4899 17Then David sang this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan,H1732H6969H7015H7586H3083H1121 18and gave orders that everyone in Judah learn it by heart. Yes, it's even inscribed in The Book of Jashar.H559H3925H1121H3063H7198H3789H5612H3477 19Oh, oh, Gazelles of Israel, struck down on your hills, the mighty warriors—fallen, fallen!H6643H3478H2491H1116H1368H5307 20Don't announce it in the city of Gath, don't post the news in the streets of Ashkelon. Don't give those coarse Philistine girls one more excuse for a drunken party!H5046H1661H1319H2351H831H1323H6430H8055H1323H6189H5937 21No more dew or rain for you, hills of Gilboa, and not a drop from springs and wells, For there the warriors' shields were dragged through the mud, Saul's shield left there to rot.H2022H1533H2919H4306H7704H8641H4043H1368H1602H4043H7586H4899H8081 22Jonathan's bow was bold— the bigger they were the harder they fell. Saul's sword was fearless— once out of the scabbard, nothing could stop it.H1818H2491H2459H1368H7198H3083H7734H268H2719H7586H7725H7387 23Saul and Jonathan—beloved, beautiful! Together in life, together in death. Swifter than plummeting eagles, stronger than proud lions.H7586H3083H157H5273H2416H4194H6504H7043H5404H1396H738 24Women of Israel, weep for Saul. He dressed you in finest cottons and silks, spared no expense in making you elegant.H1323H3478H1058H7586H3847H8144H5730H5927H5716H2091H3830 25The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen in the middle of the fight! Jonathan—struck down on your hills!H1368H5307H8432H4421H3083H2491H1116 26O my dear brother Jonathan, I'm crushed by your death. Your friendship was a miracle-wonder, love far exceeding anything I've known— or ever hope to know.H6887H251H3083H3966H5276H160H6381H160H802 27The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen. And the arms of war broken to bits.H1368H5307H3627H4421H6


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