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2Samuel 1
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Responses to Saul’s Death

1After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed at Ziklag two days.H310H4194H7586H1732H7725H5221H6002H1732H3427H8147H3117H6860 2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head came from Saul's camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.H7992H3117H376H935H4264H7586H899H7167H127H7218H935H1732H5307H776H7812 3David asked him, "Where have you come from?" He replied to him, "I've escaped from the Israelite camp."H1732H559H935H559H4264H3478H4422 4"What was the outcome? Tell me," David asked him. "The troops fled from the battle," he answered. "Many of the troops have fallen and are dead. Also, Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."H1732H559H4100H1697H5046H559H5971H5127H4421H7235H5971H5307H4191H7586H3083H1121H4191 5David asked the young man who had brought him the report, "How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"H1732H559H5288H5046H3045H7586H3083H1121H4191 6"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," he replied, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.H5288H5046H559H7136H7122H2022H1533H7586H8172H2595H7393H1167H6571H1692 7When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I'm at your service.H6437H310H7200H7121H559 8He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him: I'm an Amalekite.H559H559H6003 9Then he begged me, 'Stand over me and kill me, for I'm mortally wounded, but my life still lingers.'H559H5975H4191H7661H270H5315 10So I stood over him and killed him because I knew that after he had fallen he couldn't survive. I took the crown that was on his head and the armband that was on his arm, and I've brought them here to my lord."H5975H4191H3045H2421H310H5307H3947H5145H7218H685H2220H935H113 11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men with him did the same.H1732H2388H899H7167H582 12They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword— for Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD's people, and the house of Israel.H5594H1058H6684H6153H7586H3083H1121H5971H3068H1004H3478H5307H2719 13David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I'm the son of a foreigner" he said. "I'm an Amalekite."H1732H559H5288H5046H559H1121H376H1616H6003 14David questioned him, "How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"H1732H559H3372H7971H3027H7843H3068H4899 15Then David summoned one of his servants and said, "Come here and kill him!" The servant struck him, and he died.H1732H7121H259H5288H559H5066H6293H5221H4191 16For David had said to the Amalekite, "Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.'"H1732H559H1818H7218H6310H6030H559H4191H3068H4899 17David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,H1732H6969H7015H7586H3083H1121 18and he ordered that the Judahites be taught [The Song of] the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:H559H3925H1121H3063H7198H3789H5612H3477 19The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!H6643H3478H2491H1116H1368H5307 20Do not tell it in Gath, don't announce it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will gloat.H5046H1661H1319H2351H831H1323H6430H8055H1323H6189H5937 21Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, or fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was defiled— the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.H2022H1533H2919H4306H7704H8641H4043H1368H1602H4043H7586H4899H8081 22Jonathan's bow never retreated, Saul's sword never returned unstained, from the blood of the slain, from the bodies of the mighty.H1818H2491H2459H1368H7198H3083H7734H268H2719H7586H7725H7387 23Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.H7586H3083H157H5273H2416H4194H6504H7043H5404H1396H738 24Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with luxurious things, who decked your garments with gold ornaments.H1323H3478H1058H7586H3847H8144H5730H5927H5716H2091H3830 25How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan [lies] slain on your heights.H1368H5307H8432H4421H3083H2491H1116 26I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of a woman [for me].H6887H251H3083H3966H5276H160H6381H160H802 27How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!H1368H5307H3627H4421H6


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