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When he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>David asked him, “Where have you come from? ”</p><p class="scripture">He replied to him, “I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“What was the outcome? Tell me,” David asked him.</p><p class="scripture">“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.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I’m at your service. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He asked me, ‘Who are you? ’ I told him: I’m an Amalekite.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for I’m mortally wounded,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.1.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> but my life still lingers.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So 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.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and all the men with him did the same. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for those who died by the sword — for Saul, his son Jonathan, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s people, and the house of Israel.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from? ”</p><p class="scripture">“I’m the son of a resident alien,” he said. “I’m an Amalekite.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s anointed? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David summoned one of his servants and said, “Come here and kill him! ” The servant struck him, and he died.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s anointed.’ ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>David sang the following lament<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for Saul and his son Jonathan, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he ordered that the Judahites be taught The Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.1.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.</p><p class="poem">How the mighty have fallen!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do not tell it in Gath,</p><p class="poem">don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon,</p><p class="poem">or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Mountains of Gilboa,</p><p class="poem">let no dew or rain be on you,</p><p class="poem">or fields of offerings,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.1.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">for there the shield of the mighty was defiled<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jonathan’s bow never retreated,</p><p class="poem">Saul’s sword never returned unstained,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.1.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">from the blood of the slain,</p><p class="poem">from the flesh<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.1.22.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of the mighty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Saul and Jonathan,</p><p class="poem">loved and delightful,</p><p class="poem">they were not parted in life or in death.</p><p class="poem">They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul,</p><p class="poem">who clothed you in scarlet, with luxurious things,</p><p class="poem">who decked your garments with gold ornaments.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!</p><p class="poem">Jonathan lies slain on your heights.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.</p><p class="poem">You were such a friend to me.</p><p class="poem">Your love for me was more wondrous</p><p class="poem">than the love of women.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.1.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.1.27" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>How the mighty have fallen</p><p class="poem">and the weapons of war have perished!</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-2_Samuel.1" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.1.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.9">1:9</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">for terrible darkness has taken hold of me</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.1.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.18">1:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">of the Upright</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.1.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.21">1:21</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">firstfruits</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.1.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.22">1:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">empty</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.1.22.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.22">1:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">fat</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-2_Samuel.1" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.1">1:1</a></span> 1Sm 31:1–5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.1">1:1</a></span> 1Sm 30:1–20</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.2">1:2</a></span> Jos 7:6; 1Sm 4:12</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.4">1:4</a></span> 1Sm 31:6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.6">1:6-10</a></span> 1Sm 31:1–5; 1Ch 10:1–6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.8">1:8</a></span> Gn 36:12,16; Ex 17:8–16; Nm 24:20; Dt 25:19; 1Sm 15:1–34; 30:1–20; 1Ch 1:36</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.9">1:9</a></span> Jdg 9:54</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.11">1:11</a></span> Jos 7:6; 2Sm 3:31; 13:31</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.12">1:12</a></span> 2Sm 3:35</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.14">1:14</a></span> 1Sm 24:6; 26:6–12; 31:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.15">1:15</a></span> 2Sm 4:10</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.16">1:16</a></span> Jos 2:19; Mt 27:24–25; Ac 18:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.17">1:17</a></span> 2Sm 3:33; 2Ch 35:24–25</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.18">1:18</a></span> Jos 10:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.20">1:20</a></span> 1Sm 31:8–9</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.21">1:21</a></span> 1Sm 31:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.21">1:21</a></span> 1Sm 10:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.24">1:24</a></span> Ezk 16:1–11</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.1.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.1.26">1:26</a></span> 1Sm 18:1–3</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-2_Samuel.1" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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