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When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>David said to him, “Where have you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>David 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.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The 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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here sir.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>He said to me, ‘Come, stand over me and kill me; for convulsions have seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>So 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.”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did the same. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>They mourned and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for his son Jonathan, and for the army of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>David 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.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>David said to him, “Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s anointed?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come here and strike him down.” So he struck him down and he died. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s anointed.’”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>(He ordered that The Song of the Bow<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-8041a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said:</span></p> <div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">How the mighty have fallen!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Tell it not in Gath,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon;</span></span><br /><span class="text">or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>You mountains of Gilboa,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">let there be no dew or rain upon you,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">nor bounteous fields!<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-8044b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>From the blood of the slain,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">from the fat of the mighty,</span></span><br /><span class="text">the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">nor the sword of Saul return empty.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">In life and in death they were not divided;</span></span><br /><span class="text">they were swifter than eagles,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they were stronger than lions.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">who clothed you with crimson, in luxury,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>How the mighty have fallen</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in the midst of the battle!</span></span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text">Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;</span></span><br /><span class="text">greatly beloved were you to me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">your love to me was wonderful,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">passing the love of women.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>How the mighty have fallen,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and the weapons of war perished!</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Samuel 1:18">2 Samuel 1:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>that The Bow</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Samuel 1:21">2 Samuel 1:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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