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When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Where have you come from?” David asked. <p class="reg">“I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” <p class="reg">“The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him. <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, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’ <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>‘Who are you?’ he asked. <p class="reg"> So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><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 agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’ <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><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 could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” <p class="reg">“I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died. <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 be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’” <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> It is written in the Book of Jashar:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. <p class="indent2"> How the mighty have fallen! <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Tell it not in Gath; <p class="indent2"> proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, <p class="indent1"> lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, <p class="indent2"> and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>O mountains of Gilboa, <p class="indent2"> may you have no dew or rain, <p class="indent2"> no fields yielding offerings of grain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent1"> For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, <p class="indent2"> the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>From the blood of the slain, <p class="indent2"> from the fat of the mighty, <p class="indent1"> the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, <p class="indent2"> and the sword of Saul did not return empty. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, <p class="indent2"> were not divided in death. <p class="indent1"> They were swifter than eagles; <p class="indent2"> they were stronger than lions. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>O daughters of Israel, <p class="indent2"> weep for Saul, <p class="indent1"> who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, <p class="indent2"> who decked your garments with ornaments of gold. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><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 class="indent2"> Jonathan lies slain on your heights. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. <p class="indent2"> You were delightful to me; <p class="indent1"> your love to me was extraordinary, <p class="indent2"> surpassing the love of women. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>How the mighty have fallen, <p class="indent2"> and the weapons of war have perished!”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>be taught the use of the bow</i>; literally <i>be taught the bow</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>the Book of the Upright One</i>, commonly cited as <i>Jasher</i>; note that <i>the Song of the Bow</i> that follows is not found in known manuscripts attributed to Jasher.<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>no showers falling on your terraced fields</i>; LXX <i>no fields of firstfruits</i>; Hebrew <i>no fields of offerings</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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