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ULT 2SA Chapter 1

1 And it happened after the death of Saul, and David returned from striking the Amalekites. And David remained in Ziklag for two days. 2 And it happened on the third day—and look, a man came from the camp, from with Saul, and his clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. And it happened, when he came to David, and he fell to the ground, and he prostrated himself.

3 And David said to him, “Where from this are you coming?”

And he said to him, “From the camp of Israel I escaped.”

4 And David said to him, “How was the matter? Inform me, please.”

And he said that the people fled from the war, and also many fell from the people and died, and even Saul and Jonathan his son died. 5 And David said to the young man, the one who informed him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son died?”

6 And the young man, the one who informed him, said, “I surely happened to be on the mountain of Gilboa, and look, Saul was leaning on his spear. And look, the chariots and the masters of the chariot horses overtook him. 7 And he turned behind him, and he saw me. And he called to me, and I said, ‘Here I am.’

8 And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’

And I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

9 And he said to me, ‘Please, stand over me and kill me, for agony has grabbed me, although all my life is still in me.’

10 And I stood over him and I killed him, because I knew that he would not live after his having fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm and I brought them to my lord here.”

11 And David seized his clothes and tore them, and also all the men who were with him. 12 And they mourned and they wept and they fasted until the evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of Yahweh and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 And David said to the young man, the one who informed him, “Where from this are you?”

And he said, “A son of a man, a foreigner, an Amalekite, am I.”

14 And David said to him, “How were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the anointed one of Yahweh?”

15 And David called to one of the young men, and he said, “Come near. Confront him.” And he struck him, and he died. 16 And David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, because your mouth answered against you, saying, ‘I myself killed the anointed one of Yahweh.’ ”

17 Then David sang this funeral song for Saul and for Jonathan his son. 18 And he said to teach the sons of Judah ‘The Bow.’ Look, it is written on the Scroll of the Upright:

19 “The splendor of Israel on your high places—slain!

How the mighty have fallen!

20 “Let them not declare it in Gath;

let them not bear news in the streets of Ashkelon,

lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,

lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

21 “Mountains in Gilboa—

no dew and no rain on you,

nor fields of offerings,

for there, the shield of the mighty was defiled;

the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

22 “From the blood of the slain,

from the fat of the mighty,

the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,

and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

23 Saul and Jonathan—

the beloved ones and the delightful ones in their life

and in their death—they were not separated.

They were swifter than eagles;

they were mightier than lions.

24 “Daughters of Israel,

weep for Saul,

the one who clothed you with scarlet, with jewelry,

the one who put an ornament of gold on your clothing.

25 How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the war!

Jonathan on your high places is slain.

26 Distress belongs to me concerning you, my brother Jonathan.

You were very pleasant to me.

Your love was more wonderful to me

than the love of women.

27 “How the mighty have fallen,

and perished the weapons of war!”

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