Dual Panel1Now it came to pass after <0310> the death <04194> of Saul <07586>_, when David <01732> was returned <07725> (8804) from the slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Amalekites <06002>_, and David <01732> had abode <03427> (8799) two <08147> days <03117> in Ziklag <06860>_;
2It came even to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>_, that, behold, a man <0376> came <0935> (8802) out of the camp <04264> from Saul <07586> with his clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803)_, and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>_: and [so] it was, when he came <0935> (8800) to David <01732>_, that he fell <05307> (8799) to the earth <0776>_, and did obeisance <07812> (8691)_.
3And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, From whence comest <0935> (8799) thou? And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Out of the camp <04264> of Israel <03478> am I escaped <04422> (8738)_.
4And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How <04100> went the matter <01697>_? I pray thee, tell <05046> (8685) me. And he answered <0559> (8799)_, That the people <05971> are fled <05127> (8804) from the battle <04421>_, and many <07235> (8687) of the people <05971> also are fallen <05307> (8804) and dead <04191> (8799)_; and Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> are dead <04191> (8804) also. {How...: Heb. What was, etc}
5And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, How knowest <03045> (8804) thou that Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> be dead <04191> (8804)_?
6And the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him said <0559> (8799)_, As I happened <07136> (8738) by chance <07122> (8736) upon mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>_, behold, Saul <07586> leaned <08172> (8737) upon his spear <02595>_; and, lo, the chariots <07393> and horsemen <01167> <06571> followed hard <01692> (8689) after him.
7And when he looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> him, he saw <07200> (8799) me, and called <07121> (8799) unto me. And I answered <0559> (8799)_, Here [am] I. {Here...: Heb. Behold me}
8And he said <0559> (8799) unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered <0559> (8799) him, I [am] an Amalekite <06003>_.
9He said <0559> (8799) unto me again, Stand <05975> (8798)_, I pray thee, upon me, and slay <04191> (8786) me: for anguish <07661> is come <0270> (8804) upon me, because my life <05315> [is] yet whole in me. {anguish...: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc}
10So I stood <05975> (8799) upon him, and slew <04191> (8787) him, because I was sure <03045> (8804) that he could not live <02421> (8799) after <0310> that he was fallen <05307> (8800)_: and I took <03947> (8799) the crown <05145> that [was] upon his head <07218>_, and the bracelet <0685> that [was] on his arm <02220>_, and have brought <0935> (8686) them hither unto my lord <0113>_.
11Then David <01732> took hold <02388> (8686) on his clothes <0899>_, and rent <07167> (8799) them; and likewise all the men <0582> that [were] with him:
12And they mourned <05594> (8799)_, and wept <01058> (8799)_, and fasted <06684> (8799) until even <06153>_, for Saul <07586>_, and for Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>_, and for the people <05971> of the LORD <03068>_, and for the house <01004> of Israel <03478>_; because they were fallen <05307> (8804) by the sword <02719>_.
13And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I [am] the son <01121> of a stranger <0376> <01616>_, an Amalekite <06003>_.
14And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How wast thou not afraid <03372> (8804) to stretch forth <07971> (8800) thine hand <03027> to destroy <07843> (8763) the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>_?
15And David <01732> called <07121> (8799) one <0259> of the young men <05288>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Go near <05066> (8798)_, [and] fall <06293> (8798) upon him. And he smote <05221> (8686) him that he died <04191> (8799)_.
16And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thy blood <01818> [be] upon thy head <07218>_; for thy mouth <06310> hath testified <06030> (8804) against thee, saying <0559> (8800)_, I have slain <04191> (8790) the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>_.
17And David <01732> lamented <06969> (8787) with this lamentation <07015> over Saul <07586> and over Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>_:
18(Also he bade <0559> (8799) them teach <03925> (8763) the children <01121> of Judah <03063> [the use of] the bow <07198>_: behold, [it is] written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of Jasher <03477>.) {of Jasher: or, of the upright}
19The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> is slain <02491> upon thy high places <01116>_: how are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804)_!
20Tell <05046> (8686) [it] not in Gath <01661>_, publish <01319> (8762) [it] not in the streets <02351> of Askelon <0831>_; lest the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430> rejoice <08055> (8799)_, lest the daughters <01323> of the uncircumcised <06189> triumph <05937> (8799)_.
21Ye mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>_, [let there be] no dew <02919>_, neither [let there be] rain <04306>_, upon you, nor fields <07704> of offerings <08641>_: for there the shield <04043> of the mighty <01368> is vilely cast away <01602> (8738)_, the shield <04043> of Saul <07586>_, [as though he had] not [been] anointed <04899> with oil <08081>_.
22From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>_, from the fat <02459> of the mighty <01368>_, the bow <07198> of Jonathan <03083> turned <07734> (8738) not back <0268>_, and the sword <02719> of Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8799) not empty <07387>_.
23Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> [were] lovely <0157> (8737) and pleasant <05273> in their lives <02416>_, and in their death <04194> they were not divided <06504> (8738)_: they were swifter <07043> (8804) than eagles <05404>_, they were stronger <01396> (8804) than lions <0738>_. {pleasant: or, sweet}
24Ye daughters <01323> of Israel <03478>_, weep over <01058> (8798) Saul <07586>_, who clothed <03847> (8688) you in scarlet <08144>_, with [other] delights <05730>_, who put <05927> (8688) on ornaments <05716> of gold <02091> upon your apparel <03830>_.
25How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804) in the midst <08432> of the battle <04421>_! O Jonathan <03083>_, [thou wast] slain <02491> in thine high places <01116>_.
26I am distressed <06887> (8804) for thee, my brother <0251> Jonathan <03083>_: very <03966> pleasant <05276> (8804) hast thou been unto me: thy love <0160> to me was wonderful <06381> (8738)_, passing the love <0160> of women <0802>_.
27How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804)_, and the weapons <03627> of war <04421> perished <06> (8799)_!