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2Samuel 1
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David Mourns for Saul and Jonathan

1After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.H310H4194H7586H1732H7725H5221H6002H1732H3427H8147H3117H6860 2On the third day, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance.H7992H3117H376H935H4264H7586H899H7167H127H7218H935H1732H5307H776H7812 3David said to him, "Where have you come from?" He said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."H1732H559H935H559H4264H3478H4422 4David said to him, "How did things go? Tell me!" He answered, "The army fled from the battle, but also many of the army fell and died; and Saul and his son Jonathan also died."H1732H559H4100H1697H5046H559H5971H5127H4421H7235H5971H5307H4191H7586H3083H1121H4191 5Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?"H1732H559H5288H5046H3045H7586H3083H1121H4191 6The young man reporting to him said, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa; and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.H5288H5046H559H7136H7122H2022H1533H7586H8172H2595H7393H1167H6571H1692 7When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here sir.'H6437H310H7200H7121H559 8And he said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'H559H559H6003 9He said to me, 'Come, stand over me and kill me; for convulsions have seized me, and yet my life still lingers.'H559H5975H4191H7661H270H5315 10So I stood over him, and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."H5975H4191H3045H2421H310H5307H3947H5145H7218H685H2220H935H113 11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did the same.H1732H2388H899H7167H582 12They mourned and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.H5594H1058H6684H6153H7586H3083H1121H5971H3068H1004H3478H5307H2719 13David said to the young man who had reported to him, "Where do you come from?" He answered, "I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite."H1732H559H5288H5046H559H1121H376H1616H6003 14David said to him, "Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"H1732H559H3372H7971H3027H7843H3068H4899 15Then David called one of the young men and said, "Come here and strike him down." So he struck him down and he died.H1732H7121H259H5288H559H5066H6293H5221H4191 16David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"H1732H559H1818H7218H6310H6030H559H4191H3068H4899 17David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.H1732H6969H7015H7586H3083H1121 18(He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said:H559H3925H1121H3063H7198H3789H5612H3477 19Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen!H6643H3478H2491H1116H1368H5307 20Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.H5046H1661H1319H2351H831H1323H6430H8055H1323H6189H5937 21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor bounteous fields! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.H2022H1533H2919H4306H7704H8641H4043H1368H1602H4043H7586H4899H8081 22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return empty.H1818H2491H2459H1368H7198H3083H7734H268H2719H7586H7725H7387 23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.H7586H3083H157H5273H2416H4194H6504H7043H5404H1396H738 24O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with crimson, in luxury, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.H1323H3478H1058H7586H3847H8144H5730H5927H5716H2091H3830 25How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.H1368H5307H8432H4421H3083H2491H1116 26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; greatly beloved were you to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.H6887H251H3083H3966H5276H160H6381H160H802 27How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war perished!H1368H5307H3627H4421H6


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