2 Samuel 1 NKJV

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So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And David said to him, “Where have you come from?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-1-3">So he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then David said to him, “How did the matter go? Please tell me.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-1-4">And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance <i>to be</i> on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said to me, ‘Who <i>are</i> you?’ So I answered him, ‘I <i>am</i> an Amalekite.’ </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He said to me again, ‘Please stand over me and kill me, for <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>anguish has come upon me, but my life still <i>remains</i> in me.’ </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that <i>was</i> on his head and the bracelet that <i>was</i> on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and <i>so did</i> all the men who <i>were</i> with him. </span> <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, for the people of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then David said to the young man who told him, “Where <i>are</i> you from?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-1-13">And he answered, “I <i>am</i> the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So David said to him, “How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>’s anointed?” </span> <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 near, <i>and</i> execute him!” And he struck him so that he died. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So David said to him, “Your blood <i>is</i> on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>’s anointed.’ ”</span></p> <h3> The Song of the Bow</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Sam-1-17"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he told <i>them</i> to teach the children of Judah <i>the Song of</i> the Bow; indeed <i>it is</i> written in the Book <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>of Jasher:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-19">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>Tell <i>it</i> not in Gath,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-20">Proclaim <i>it</i> not in the streets of Ashkelon—</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-20">Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-20">Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“O mountains of Gilboa,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-21"><i>Let there be</i> no dew nor rain upon you,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-21">Nor fields of offerings.</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-21">For the shield of the mighty is <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>cast away there!</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-21">The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>From the blood of the slain,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-22">From the fat of the mighty,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-22">The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-22">And the sword of Saul did not return empty.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Saul and Jonathan <i>were</i> beloved and pleasant in their lives,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-23">And in their death they were not divided;</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-23">They were swifter than eagles,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-23">They were stronger than lions.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-24">Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury;</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-24">Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-25">Jonathan <i>was</i> slain in your high places.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-26">You have been very pleasant to me;</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-26">Your love to me was wonderful,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-26">Surpassing the love of women.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“How the mighty have fallen,</span><br /><span class="text 2Sam-1-27">And the weapons of war perished!”</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-8025a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 1:2">2 Samuel 1:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>To show grief</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8032b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 1:9">2 Samuel 1:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>agony</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8041c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 1:18">2 Samuel 1:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>of the Upright</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8044d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 1:21">2 Samuel 1:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>defiled</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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