ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 1
1. And it came to pass after[H310] the death[H4194] of Saul[H7586], when David[H1732] was returned[H7725] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Amalekites[H6002], and David[H1732] had abode[H3427] two[H8147] days[H3117] in Ziklag[H6860];
2. it came to pass on the third[H7992] day[H3117], that[H376], behold, a man came[H935] out of the camp[H4264] from Saul[H7586], with his clothes[H899] rent[H7167], and earth[H127] upon his head[H7218]: and so it was[H935], when he came to David[H1732], that he fell[H5307] to the earth[H776], and did obeisance[H7812].
3. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H935], From whence comest thou[H559]? And he said unto him[H4264], Out of the camp of Israel[H3478] am I escaped[H4422].
4. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H4100], How went the matter[H1697]? I pray thee[H5046], tell me[H559]. And he answered, The people[H5971] are fled[H5127] from the battle[H4421], and many[H7235] of the people[H5971] also are fallen[H5307] and dead[H4191]; and Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121] are dead also[H4191].
5. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him[H3045], How knowest thou that Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121] are dead[H4191]?
6. And the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him said[H559], As I happened[H7136] by chance[H7122] upon mount[H2022] Gilboa[H1533], behold[H7586], Saul was leaning[H8172] upon his spear[H2595]; and[H7393], lo, the chariots and the horsemen[H1167] followed hard after him[H1692].
7. And when he looked[H6437] behind[H310] him[H7200], he saw me[H7121], and called unto me[H559]. And I answered, Here am I.
8. And he said[H559] unto me[H559], Who art thou? And I answered him[H6003], I am an Amalekite.
9. And he said[H559] unto me[H5975], Stand, I pray thee[H4191], beside me, and slay me[H7661]; for anguish hath taken[H270] hold of me[H5315], because my life is yet whole in me.
10. So I stood[H5975] beside him[H4191], and slew him[H3045], because I was sure that he could not live[H2421] after[H310] that he was fallen[H5307]: and I took[H3947] the crown[H5145] that was upon his head[H7218], and the bracelet[H685] that was on his arm[H2220], and have brought[H935] them hither unto my lord[H113].
11. Then David[H1732] took hold[H2388] on his clothes[H899], and rent[H7167] them[H582]; and likewise all the men that were with him:
12. and they mourned[H5594], and wept[H1058], and fasted[H6684] until even[H6153], for Saul[H7586], and for Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121], and for the people[H5971] of Jehovah[H3068], and for the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; because they were fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719].
13. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him[H559], Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son[H1121] of a sojourner[H376], an Amalekite[H6003].
14. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H3372], How wast thou not afraid to put forth[H7971] thy hand[H3027] to destroy[H7843] Jehovah[H3068]'s anointed[H4899]?
15. And David[H1732] called[H7121] one[H259] of the young men[H5288], and said[H559], Go near[H5066], and fall[H6293] upon him[H5221]. And he smote him[H4191], so that he died.
16. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H1818], Thy blood be upon thy head[H7218]; for thy mouth[H6310] hath testified[H6030] against thee[H559], saying, I have slain[H4191] Jehovah[H3068]'s anointed[H4899].
17. And David[H1732] lamented[H6969] with this lamentation[H7015] over Saul[H7586] and over Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121]
18. (and he bade[H559] them teach[H3925] the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] the song of the bow[H7198]: behold[H3789], it is written in the book[H5612] of Jashar[H3477]):
19. Thy glory[H6643], O Israel[H3478], is slain[H2491] upon thy high places[H1116]! How are the mighty[H1368] fallen[H5307]!
20. Tell[H5046] it not in Gath[H1661], Publish[H1319] it not in the streets[H2351] of Ashkelon[H831]; Lest the daughters[H1323] of the Philistines[H6430] rejoice[H8055], Lest the daughters[H1323] of the uncircumcised[H6189] triumph[H5937].
21. Ye mountains[H2022] of Gilboa[H1533], Let there be no dew[H2919] nor rain[H4306] upon you[H7704], neither fields of offerings[H8641]: For there the shield[H4043] of the mighty[H1368] was vilely cast away[H1602], The shield[H4043] of Saul[H7586], not anointed[H4899] with oil[H8081].
22. From the blood[H1818] of the slain[H2491], from the fat[H2459] of the mighty[H1368], The bow[H7198] of Jonathan[H3083] turned[H7734] not back[H268], And the sword[H2719] of Saul[H7586] returned[H7725] not empty[H7387].
23. Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] were lovely[H157] and pleasant[H5273] in their lives[H2416], And in their death[H4194] they were not divided[H6504]: They were swifter[H7043] than eagles[H5404], They were stronger[H1396] than lions[H738].
24. Ye daughters[H1323] of Israel[H3478], weep over[H1058] Saul[H7586], Who clothed[H3847] you in scarlet[H8144] delicately[H5730], Who put[H5927] ornaments[H5716] of gold[H2091] upon your apparel[H3830].
25. How are the mighty[H1368] fallen[H5307] in the midst[H8432] of the battle[H4421]! Jonathan[H3083] is slain[H2491] upon thy high places[H1116].
26. I am distressed[H6887] for thee[H251], my brother Jonathan[H3083]: Very[H3966] pleasant[H5276] hast thou been unto me[H160]: Thy love to me was wonderful[H6381], Passing the love[H160] of women[H802].
27. How are the mighty[H1368] fallen[H5307], And the weapons[H3627] of war[H4421] perished[H6]!
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