Dual Panel1After <0310> the death <04191> of Saul <07586>, when David <01732> had returned <07725> from defeating <05221> the Amalekites <06002>, he <01732> stayed <03427> at Ziklag <06860> for two <08147> days <03117>.
2On the third <07992> day <03117> a man <0376> arrived <0935> from <04480> the camp <04264> of Saul <07586> with <05973> his clothes <0899> torn <07167> and dirt <0127> on <05921> his head <07218>. When <01961> he approached <0935> David <01732>, the man threw <05307> himself to the ground <0776>.
3David <01732> asked <0559> him, “Where <0335> are you coming <0935> from?” He replied <0559>, “I have escaped <04422> from the camp <04264> of Israel <03478>.”
4David <01732> inquired <0559>, “How <04100> were things <01697> going <01961>? Tell <05046> me!” He replied <0559>, “The people <05971> fled <05127> from <04480> the battle <04421> and <01571> many <07235> of <04480> them <05971> fell <05307> dead <04191>. Even <01571> Saul <07586> and his son <01121> Jonathan <03083> are dead <04191>!”
5David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> the young man <05288> who was telling <05046> him this, “How <0349> do you know <03045> that <03588> Saul <07586> and his son <01121> Jonathan <03083> are dead <04191>?”
6The young man <05288> who was telling <05046> him this said <0559>, “I just happened <07136> <07122> to be on Mount <02022> Gilboa <01533> and came across Saul <07586> leaning <08172> on <05921> his spear <02595> for support. The chariots <07393> and leaders <01167> of the horsemen <06571> were in hot pursuit <01692> of him.
7When he turned <06437> around <0310> and saw <07200> me, he called out <07121> to <0413> me. I answered <0559>, ‘Here <02005> I am!’
8He asked <0559> me, ‘Who <04310> are you <0859>?’ I told <0559> him, ‘I’m <0595> an Amalekite <06003>.’
9He said <0559> to <0413> me, ‘Stand <05975> over <05921> me and finish <04191> me off <04191>! I’m very dizzy <07661>, even though <03588> I’m still <05750> alive <05315>.’
10So I stood <05975> over <05921> him and put <04191> him to death <04191>, since <03588> I knew <03045> that <03588> he couldn’t <03808> live <02421> in such a condition <05307> <0310>. Then I took <03947> the crown <05145> which <0834> was on <05921> his head <07218> and the bracelet <0685> which <0834> was on <05921> his arm <02220>. I have brought <0935> them here <02008> to <0413> my lord <0113>.”
11David <01732> then grabbed <02388> his own clothes <0899> and tore <07167> them, as <01571> did all <03605> the men <0376> who <0834> were with <0854> him.
12They lamented <05594> and wept <01058> and fasted <06684> until <05704> evening <06153> because Saul <07586>, his son <01121> Jonathan <03083>, the Lord’s <03069> people <05971>, and the house <01004> of Israel <03478> had fallen <05307> by the sword <02719>.
13David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> the young man <05288> who told <05046> this <02088> to him, “Where <0335> are you <0859> from?” He replied <0559>, “I <0595> am an Amalekite <06003>, the son <01121> of a resident foreigner <01616> <0376>.”
14David <01732> replied <0559> to <0413> him, “How <0349> is it that you were not <03808> afraid <03372> to reach out <07971> your hand <03027> to destroy <07843> the Lord’s <03068> anointed <04899>?”
15Then David <01732> called <07121> one <0259> of the soldiers <05288> and said <0559>, “Come <05066> here and strike <06293> him down <06293>!” So he struck <05221> him down <05221>, and he died <04191>.
16David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Your blood <01818> be on <05921> your own head <07218>! Your own mouth <06310> has testified <06030> against you, saying <0559> ‘I <0595> have put <04191> the Lord’s <03068> anointed <04899> to death <04191>.’”
17Then David <01732> chanted <06969> this <02063> lament <07015> over <05921> Saul <07586> and his son <01121> Jonathan <03083>.
18(He gave instructions <0559> that the people <01121> of Judah <03063> should be taught <03925> “The Bow <07198>.” Indeed <02009>, it is written down <03789> in <05921> the Book <05612> of Yashar <03477>.)
19The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> lies slain <02491> on <05921> your high places <01116>! How <0349> the mighty <01368> have fallen <05307>!
20Don’t <0408> report <05046> it in Gath <01661>, don’t <0408> spread the news <01319> in the streets <02351> of Ashkelon <0831>, or <06435> the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430> will rejoice <08055>, the daughters <01323> of the uncircumcised <06189> will celebrate <05937>!
21O mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>, may there be no <0408> dew <02919> or <0408> rain <04306> on <05921> you, nor fields <07704> of grain offerings <08641>! For <03588> it was there <08033> that the shield <04043> of warriors <01368> was defiled <01602>; the shield <04043> of Saul <07586> lies neglected <04899> without <01097> oil <08081>.
22From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>, from the fat <02459> of warriors <01368>, the bow <07198> of Jonathan <03083> was not <03808> turned <07734> away <0268>. The sword <02719> of Saul <07586> never <03808> returned <07725> empty <07387>.
23Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> were greatly loved <05273> <0157> during their lives <02416>, and not <03808> even in their deaths <04194> were they separated <06504>. They were swifter <07043> than eagles <05404>, stronger <01396> than lions <0738>.
24O daughters <01323> of Israel <03478>, weep <01058> over Saul <07586>, who clothed <03847> you in scarlet <08144> as well as <05973> jewelry <05730>, who put gold <02091> jewelry <05716> on <05921> your clothes <03830>.
25How <0349> the warriors <01368> have fallen <05307> in the midst <08432> of battle <04421>! Jonathan <03083> lies slain <02491> on <05921> your high places <01116>!
26I grieve <06887> over <05921> you, my brother <0251> Jonathan <03083>! You were very <03966> dear <05276> to me. Your love <0160> was more special <06381> to me than the love <0160> of women <0802>.
27How <0349> the warriors <01368> have fallen <05307>! The weapons <03627> of war <04421> are destroyed <06>!