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1 After Saul died and David returned from defeating the Amalekites, David stayed in Ziklag two days. After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2 On the third day a man came from Saul's camp. His clothes were torn, and he had dirt on his head. When he came to David, he immediately bowed down with his face touching the ground. And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
3 |Where did you come from?| David asked him. |I escaped from the camp of Israel,| he answered. David said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.” “Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”
4 |What happened?| David asked him. |Please tell me.| The man answered, |The army fled from the battle, and many of the soldiers died. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead too.| And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5 |How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?| David asked the young man who had brought him the news. Then David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 The young man answered, |I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Saul was there leaning on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen were catching up with him. And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him. “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.
7 When he looked back and saw me, he called to me, and I said, 'Yes?'| And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’
8 |He asked me, 'Who are you?' |I said to him, 'I'm an Amalekite.' And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “’An Amalekite,’ I answered.
9 |He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me. I'm alive, but I'm suffering.' And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’ “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’
10 |So I stood over him and killed him, since I knew he couldn't survive after he had been wounded. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm and brought them here to you, sir.| So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.” “So I stood beside 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 on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David grabbed his own clothes and tore them in grief. All the men with him did the same. Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
12 They mourned, cried, and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD's army, and the nation of Israel had been defeated in battle. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 David asked the young man who had brought him the news, |Where are you from?| And the young man answered, |I'm an Amalekite, the son of a foreign resident.| And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.” David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered.
14 David asked, |Why weren't you afraid to take it upon yourself to destroy the LORD's anointed king?| David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 Then David called one of [his] young men and told him, |Come here and attack him.| David's young man executed him Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died. Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
16 while David said, |You are responsible for spilling your own blood. You testified against yourself when you said, 'I killed the LORD's anointed king.'| And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’” For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
17 David wrote this song of mourning for Saul and his son Jonathan. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
18 He said, |Teach this [kesheth] to the people of Judah.| (It is recorded in the Book of Jashar.) and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said: and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
19 |Your glory, Israel, lies dead on your hills. See how the mighty have fallen! “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! “A gazelle lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!
20 Don't tell the news in Gath. Don't announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, and the daughters of godless men will celebrate. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. “Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
21 You mountains in Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you or on your slopes, because warriors' shields were tarnished there. Saul's shield was never rubbed with olive oil. “You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. “Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields. For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.
22 From the blood of those killed and the fat of the warriors, Jonathan's bow did not turn away, nor did Saul's sword return unused. “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. “From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23 Saul and Jonathan were loved and well-liked while they were living. They were not separated even when they died. They were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions. “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions. Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 Daughters of Israel, cry over Saul, who dressed you in decorated, red clothes, who put gold jewelry on your clothes. “You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. “Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25 See how the mighty have fallen in battle! On your hills Jonathan was killed! “How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! “Jonathan lies slain on your high places. “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26 I am heartbroken over you, my brother Jonathan. You were my great delight. Your love was more wonderful to me than the love of women. I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women. I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
27 See how the mighty have fallen! See how the weapons of war have been destroyed!| “How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war perished!” “How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!”
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