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1 # Now it came to pass after <0310> the death <04194> of Saul <07586>, when David <01732> was returned <07725> (8804) from the slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Amalekites <06002>, and David <01732> had abode <03427> (8799) two <08147> days <03117> in Ziklag <06860>;
2 It came even to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>, that, behold, a man <0376> came <0935> (8802) out of the camp <04264> from Saul <07586> with his clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803), and earth <0127> upon his head <07218> : and so it was, when he came <0935> (8800) to David <01732>, that he fell <05307> (8799) to the earth <0776>, and did obeisance <07812> (8691).
3 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, From whence comest <0935> (8799) thou? And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Out of the camp <04264> of Israel <03478> am I escaped <04422> (8738).
4 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How <04100> went the matter <01697>? I pray thee, tell <05046> (8685) me. And he answered <0559> (8799), That the people <05971> are fled <05127> (8804) from the battle <04421> , and many <07235> (8687) of the people <05971> also are fallen <05307> (8804) and dead <04191> (8799) ; and Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> are dead <04191> (8804) also.
5 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, How knowest <03045> (8804) thou that Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> be dead <04191> (8804)?
6 And the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him said <0559> (8799), As I happened <07136> (8738) by chance <07122> (8736) upon mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>, behold, Saul <07586> leaned <08172> (8737) upon his spear <02595>; and, lo, the chariots <07393> and horsemen <01167> <06571> followed hard <01692> (8689) after him.
7 And when he looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> him, he saw <07200> (8799) me, and called <07121> (8799) unto me. And I answered <0559> (8799), Here am I.
8 And he said <0559> (8799) unto me, Who art thou? And I answered <0559> (8799) him, I am an Amalekite <06003>.
9 He said <0559> (8799) unto me again, Stand <05975> (8798), I pray thee, upon me, and slay <04191> (8786) me: for anguish <07661> is come <0270> (8804) upon me, because my life <05315> is yet whole in me.
10 So I stood <05975> (8799) upon him, and slew <04191> (8787) him, because I was sure <03045> (8804) that he could not live <02421> (8799) after <0310> that he was fallen <05307> (8800): and I took <03947> (8799) the crown <05145> that was upon his head <07218>, and the bracelet <0685> that was on his arm <02220>, and have brought <0935> (8686) them hither unto my lord <0113>.
11 # Then David <01732> took hold <02388> (8686) on his clothes <0899>, and rent <07167> (8799) them; and likewise all the men <0582> that were with him:
12 And they mourned <05594> (8799), and wept <01058> (8799), and fasted <06684> (8799) until even <06153>, for Saul <07586>, and for Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>, and for the people <05971> of the LORD <03068>, and for the house <01004> of Israel <03478>; because they were fallen <05307> (8804) by the sword <02719>.
13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, Whence art thou? And he answered <0559> (8799), I am the son <01121> of a stranger <0376> <01616>, an Amalekite <06003> .
14 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How wast thou not afraid <03372> (8804) to stretch forth <07971> (8800) thine hand <03027> to destroy <07843> (8763) the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>?
15 And David <01732> called <07121> (8799) one <0259> of the young men <05288>, and said <0559> (8799), Go near <05066> (8798), and fall <06293> (8798) upon him. And he smote <05221> (8686) him that he died <04191> (8799).
16 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thy blood <01818> be upon thy head <07218>; for thy mouth <06310> hath testified <06030> (8804) against thee, saying <0559> (8800), I have slain <04191> (8790) the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>.
17 # And David <01732> lamented <06969> (8787) with this lamentation <07015> over Saul <07586> and over Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>:
18 (Also he bade <0559> (8799) them teach <03925> (8763) the children <01121> of Judah <03063> the use of the bow <07198>: behold, it is written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of Jasher <03477>.)
19 The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> is slain <02491> upon thy high places <01116>: how are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804)!
20 Tell <05046> (8686) it not in Gath <01661>, publish <01319> (8762) it not in the streets <02351> of Askelon <0831>; lest the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430> rejoice <08055> (8799), lest the daughters <01323> of the uncircumcised <06189> triumph <05937> (8799).
21 Ye mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>, let there be no dew <02919>, neither let there be rain <04306>, upon you, nor fields <07704> of offerings <08641>: for there the shield <04043> of the mighty <01368> is vilely cast away <01602> (8738) , the shield <04043> of Saul <07586>, as though he had not been anointed <04899> with oil <08081>.
22 From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>, from the fat <02459> of the mighty <01368>, the bow <07198> of Jonathan <03083> turned <07734> (8738) not back <0268>, and the sword <02719> of Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8799) not empty <07387>.
23 Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> were lovely <0157> (8737) and pleasant <05273> in their lives <02416>, and in their death <04194> they were not divided <06504> (8738): they were swifter <07043> (8804) than eagles <05404> , they were stronger <01396> (8804) than lions <0738>.
24 Ye daughters <01323> of Israel <03478>, weep over <01058> (8798) Saul <07586>, who clothed <03847> (8688) you in scarlet <08144>, with other delights <05730>, who put <05927> (8688) on ornaments <05716> of gold <02091> upon your apparel <03830>.
25 How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804) in the midst <08432> of the battle <04421>! O Jonathan <03083>, thou wast slain <02491> in thine high places <01116>.
26 I am distressed <06887> (8804) for thee, my brother <0251> Jonathan <03083>: very <03966> pleasant <05276> (8804) hast thou been unto me: thy love <0160> to me was wonderful <06381> (8738), passing the love <0160> of women <0802> .
27 How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804), and the weapons <03627> of war <04421> perished <06> (8799)!