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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 NLT</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="../">NLT</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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_samuel/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">David Learns 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 his victory over the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag. <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 army camp. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show that he was in mourning. He fell to the ground before David in deep respect.</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.</p><p class="reg">“I escaped from the Israelite camp,” the man replied.</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 demanded. “Tell me how the battle went.”</p><p class="reg">The man replied, “Our entire army fled from the battle. Many of the men are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead?” David demanded of the young man.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When he turned and saw me, he cried out for me to come to him. ‘How can I help?’ I asked him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He responded, ‘Who are you?’</p><p class="reg">“‘I am an Amalekite,’ I told him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Then he begged me, ‘Come over here and put me out of my misery, for I am in terrible pain and want to die.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the LORD’s army and the nation of Israel, because they had died by the sword that day.</p><p class="reg"> <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 had brought the news, “Where are you from?”</p><p class="reg">And he replied, “I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Why were you not afraid to kill the LORD’s anointed one?” David asked.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“You have condemned yourself,” David said, “for you yourself confessed that you killed the LORD’s anointed one.”</p><p class="hdg">David’s Song 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>Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. It is known as the Song of the Bow, and it is recorded in <span class="it">The Book of Jashar.</span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your pride and joy, O Israel, lies dead on the hills!</p><p class="line2">Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Don’t announce the news in Gath,</p><p class="line2">don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,</p><p class="line1">or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice</p><p class="line2">and the pagans will laugh in triumph.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>O mountains of Gilboa,</p><p class="line2">let there be no dew or rain upon you,</p><p class="line2">nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1">For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled;</p><p class="line2">the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The bow of Jonathan was powerful,</p><p class="line2">and the sword of Saul did its mighty work.</p><p class="line1">They shed the blood of their enemies</p><p class="line2">and pierced the bodies of mighty heroes.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>How beloved and gracious were Saul and Jonathan!</p><p class="line2">They were together in life and in death.</p><p class="line1">They were swifter than eagles,</p><p class="line2">stronger than lions.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>O women of Israel, weep for Saul,</p><p class="line1">for he dressed you in luxurious scarlet clothing,</p><p class="line2">in garments decorated with gold.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen in battle!</p><p class="line2">Jonathan lies dead on the hills.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan!</p><p class="line2">Oh, how much I loved you!</p><p class="line1">And your love for me was deep,</p><p class="line2">deeper than the love of women!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen!</p><p class="line2">Stripped of their weapons, they lie dead.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">The Book of the Upright.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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