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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Samuel 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Samuel 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/31.htm" title="1 Samuel 31">◄</a> 2 Samuel 1 <a href="../2_samuel/2.htm" title="2 Samuel 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_samuel/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David Hears of Saul’s Death</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>David said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And 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.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s anointed?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s anointed.’”</p> <p class="heading">David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he said it<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune">a</a></sup></span> should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or of the upright">b</a></sup></span> He said:</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!</span><br /><span class="indent">How the mighty have fallen!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Tell it not in Gath,</span><br /><span class="indent">publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,</span><br /><span class="indent">lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“You mountains of Gilboa,</span><br /><span class="indent">let there be no dew or rain upon you,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor fields of offerings!<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint firstfruits">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,</span><br /><span class="indent">the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“From the blood of the slain,</span><br /><span class="indent">from the fat of the mighty,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the bow of Jonathan turned not back,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the sword of Saul returned not empty.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!</span><br /><span class="indent">In life and in death they were not divided;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they were swifter than eagles;</span><br /><span class="indent">they were stronger than lions.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,</span><br /><span class="indent">who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,</span><br /><span class="indent">who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“How the mighty have fallen</span><br /><span class="indent">in the midst of the battle!</span></p><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“Jonathan lies slain on your high places.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="indent">I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">very pleasant have you been to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">your love to me was extraordinary,</span><br /><span class="indent">surpassing the love of women.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“How the mighty have fallen,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the weapons of war perished!”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Septuagint; Hebrew <i>the Bow</i>, which may be the name of the lament's tune<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">of</span> the upright</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Septuagint <i>firstfruits</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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