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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3David asked him, "Where are you coming from?" He replied, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4David inquired, "How were things going? Tell me!" He replied, "The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!" |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5David said to the young man who was telling him this, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The young man who was telling him this said, "I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, 'Here I am!' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He said to me, 'Stand over me and finish me off! I'm very dizzy, even though I'm still alive.' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn't live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD's people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13David said to the young man who told this to him, "Where are you from?" He replied, "I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14David replied to him, "How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?" |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then David called one of the soldiers and said, "Come here and strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16David said to him, "Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying 'I have put the LORD's anointed to death.'" |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught "The Bow." Indeed, it is written down in the Book of Yashar.) |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Don't report it in Gath, don't spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate! |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places! |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed! |
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