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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 NIV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NIV</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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/2_samuel/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">David Hears of Saul’s Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Where have you come from?” David asked him.</p><p class="reg">He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.”</p><p class="reg">“The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”</p> <p class="reg"><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 brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’</p><p class="reg">“ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’</p> <p class="reg"><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 knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the <span class="name">Lord</span> and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?”</p><p class="reg">“I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s anointed?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s anointed.’ ”</p> <p class="sectionhead">David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):</p> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“A gazelle <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.">a</a></sup></span> lies slain on your heights, Israel.</p><p class="line2">How the mighty have fallen!</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Tell it not in Gath,</p><p class="line2">proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,</p><p class="line1">lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad,</p><p class="line2">lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Mountains of Gilboa,</p><p class="line2">may you have neither dew nor rain,</p><p class="line2">may no showers fall on your terraced fields. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings">b</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">For there the shield of the mighty was despised,</p><p class="line2">the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“From the blood of the slain,</p><p class="line2">from the flesh of the mighty,</p><p class="line1">the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</p><p class="line2">the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Saul and Jonathan—</p><p class="line2">in life they were loved and admired,</p><p class="line2">and in death they were not parted.</p><p class="line1">They were swifter than eagles,</p><p class="line2">they were stronger than lions.</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Daughters of Israel,</p><p class="line2">weep for Saul,</p><p class="line1">who clothed you in scarlet and finery,</p><p class="line2">who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“How the mighty have fallen in battle!</p><p class="line2">Jonathan lies slain on your heights.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;</p><p class="line2">you were very dear to me.</p><p class="line1">Your love for me was wonderful,</p><p class="line2">more wonderful than that of women.</p></div> <div class="embstanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“How the mighty have fallen!</p><p class="line2">The weapons of war have perished!”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Gazelle</i> here symbolizes a human dignitary.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>/ nor fields that yield grain for offerings</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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