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Now 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];
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It came[H935] even to pass on the third[H7992]day[H3117], that, behold, a man[H376]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, when he came[H935] to David[H1732], that he fell[H5307] to the earth[H776], and did obeisance[H7812].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto him, From whence comest[H935] thou? And he said[H559] unto him, Out of the camp[H4264] of Israel[H3478] am I escaped[H4422].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto him, How[H4100] went the matter?[H1697] I pray thee, tell[H5046] me. And he answered[H559], That 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[H4191] also.
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him, How knowest[H3045] thou that Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121] be dead?[H4191]
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And the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him said[H559], As I happened[H7136] by chance[H7122] upon mount[H2022]Gilboa[H1533], behold, Saul[H7586]leaned[H8172] upon his spear[H2595]; and, lo, the chariots[H7393] and horsemen[H1167] followed hard[H1692] after him.
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And when he looked[H6437]behind[H310] him, he saw[H7200] me, and called[H7121] unto me. And I answered[H559], Here am I.
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And he said[H559] unto me, Who art thou? And I answered[H559] him, I am an Amalekite[H6003].
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He said[H559] unto me again, Stand[H5975], I pray thee, upon me, and slay[H4191] me: for anguish[H7661] is come[H270] upon me, because my life[H5315] is yet whole in me.
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So I stood[H5975] upon him, and slew[H4191] him, because I was sure[H3045] 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].
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Then David[H1732] took hold[H2388] on his clothes[H899], and rent[H7167] them; and likewise all the men[H582] that were with him:
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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 the LORD[H3068], and for the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; because they were fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto the young man[H5288] that told[H5046] him, Whence art thou? And he answered[H559], I am the son[H1121] of a stranger[H376], an Amalekite[H6003].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto him, How wast thou not afraid[H3372] to stretch forth[H7971] thine hand[H3027] to destroy[H7843] the LORD'S anointed?[H4899]
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And David[H1732]called[H7121]one[H259] of the young men[H5288], and said[H559], Go near[H5066], and fall[H6293] upon him. And he smote[H5221] him that he died[H4191].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto him, Thy blood[H1818] be upon thy head[H7218]; for thy mouth[H6310] hath testified[H6030] against thee, saying[H559], I have slain[H4191] the LORD'S anointed[H4899].
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And David[H1732]lamented[H6969] with this lamentation[H7015] over Saul[H7586] and over Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121]:
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(Also he bade[H559] them teach[H3925] the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] the use of the bow[H7198]: behold, it is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of Jasher[H3477].)
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The beauty[H6643] of Israel[H3478] is slain[H2491] upon thy high places[H1116]: how are the mighty[H1368]fallen[H5307]!
20Tell[H5046] it not in Gath[H1661], publish[H1319] it not in the streets[H2351] of Askelon[H831]; lest the daughters[H1323] of the Philistines[H6430]rejoice[H8055], lest the daughters[H1323] of the uncircumcised[H6189]triumph[H5937].
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Ye mountains[H2022] of Gilboa[H1533], let there be no dew[H2919], neither let there be rain[H4306], upon you, nor fields[H7704] of offerings[H8641]: for there the shield[H4043] of the mighty[H1368] is vilely cast away[H1602], the shield[H4043] of Saul[H7586], as though he had not been anointed[H4899] with oil[H8081].
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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].
23Saul[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].
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Ye daughters[H1323] of Israel[H3478], weep over[H1058]Saul[H7586], who clothed[H3847] you in scarlet[H8144], with other delights[H5730], who put[H5927] on ornaments[H5716] of gold[H2091] upon your apparel[H3830].
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How are the mighty[H1368]fallen[H5307] in the midst[H8432] of the battle[H4421]! O Jonathan[H3083], thou wast slain[H2491] in thine high places[H1116].
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I am distressed[H6887] for thee, my brother[H251]Jonathan[H3083]: very[H3966]pleasant[H5276] hast thou been unto me: thy love[H160] to me was wonderful[H6381], passing the love[H160] of women[H802].
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How are the mighty[H1368]fallen[H5307], and the weapons[H3627] of war[H4421]perished[H6]!