2 Samuel Chapter 1

2 Samuel Chapter 1
1 After the death of Saul, when David
was returned from the slaughter of the
Amalekites and had been two days in
Ziklag,
2 Behold, a man came the third day out
of the host from Saul with his clothes
rent, and earth upon his head: and when
he came to David, he fell to the earth,
and did obeisance.
3 Then David said unto him, Whence
comest thou? And he said unto him, Out
of the host of Israel I am escaped.
4 And David said unto him, What is
done? I pray thee, tell me. Then he said,
that the people is fled from the battle,
and many of the people are overthrown,
and dead, and also Saul and Jonathan his
son are dead.
5 And David said unto the young man,
that told it him, How knowest thou that
Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
6 Then the young man that told him,
answered, As I came to mount Gilboa,
behold, Saul leaned upon his spear, and
lo, the chariots and horsemen followed
hard after him.
7 And when he looked back, he saw me,
and called me. And I answered, Here am
I.
8 And he said unto me, Who art thou?
And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9 Then said he unto me, I pray thee,
come upon me, and slay me: for anguish
is come upon me, because my life is yet
whole in me.
10 So I came upon him, and slew him,
and because I was sure that he could not
live, after that he had fallen, I took the
crown that was upon his head, and the
bracelet that was on his arm, and brought
them hither unto my lord. 11 Then David
took hold on his clothes, and rent them,
and likewise all the men that were with
him.
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 slain with the sword.
13 Afterward David said unto the young
man that told it him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a
stranger an Amalekite. 14 And David
said unto him, How wast thou not afraid,
to put forth thine hand to destroy the
anointed of the Lord?
15 Then David called one of his young
men, and said, Go near, and fall upon
him. And he smote him that he died.
16 Then said David unto him, Thy blood
be upon thine own head: for thine own
mouth hath testified against thee, saying,
I have slain the Lord's anointed.
17 Then David mourned with this
lamentation over Saul, and over
Jonathan his son,
18 (Also he bade them teach the children
of Judah to shoot, as it is written in the
book of Jasher)
19 O noble Israel, he is slain upon thy
high places: how are the mighty
overthrown!
20 Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in
the streets of Ashkelon, lest the
daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest
the daughters of the uncircumcised
triumph.
21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, upon you be
neither dew nor rain, nor be there fields
of offerings: for there the shield of the
mighty is cast down, the shield of Saul,
as though he had not been anointed with
oil.
22 The bow of Jonathan never turned
back, neither did the sword of Saul
return empty from the blood of the slain,
and from the fat of the mighty. 23 Saul
and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant
in their lives, and in their deaths they
were not divided: they were swifter than
eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep for
Saul, which clothed you in scarlet, with
pleasures, and hanged ornaments of gold
upon your apparel.
25 How were the mighty slain in the
midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou
wast slain in thine high places.
26 Woe is me for thee, my brother
Jonathan: very kind hast thou been unto
me: thy love to me was wonderful,
passing the love of women:
27 How are the mighty overthrown, and
the weapons of war destroyed!