2SA-1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David

was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had

abode two days in Ziklag;

2SA-1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a

man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and

earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David,

that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

2SA-1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he

said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

2SA-1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray

thee, tell me.

And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and

many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and

Jonathan his son are dead also.

2SA-1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How

knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2SA-1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by

chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear;

and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2SA-1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called

unto me. And I answered, Here [am] I.

2SA-1:8 And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him,

I [am] an Amalekite.

2SA-1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and

slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet

whole in me.

2SA-1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure

that he could

not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that

[was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and

have brought them hither unto my lord.

2SA-1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and

likewise all the men that [were] with him:

2SA-1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for

Saul, and for

Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the

house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2SA-1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence

[art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an

Amalekite.

2SA-1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to

stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

2SA-1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go

near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

2SA-1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head;

for thy mouth

hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S

anointed.

2SA-1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and

over Jonathan his son:

2SA-1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use

of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)

2SA-1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how

are the mighty fallen!

2SA-1:20 Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets

of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest

the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

2SA-1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither

[let there Be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for

there the shield of the Mighty is vilely cast away, the shield

of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] nointed with oil.

2SA-1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,

 the Bow of JOnathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul

returned not empty.

SA-1:23 Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their

lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were

swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2SA-1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you

in scarlet,with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold

upon your apparel.

2SA-1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O

Jonathan,[thou wast] slain in thine high places.

2SA-1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very

pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful,

passing the love of women.

2SA-1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war

perished!

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