# 2 Samuel 1 [[1 Samuel 31|←]] • [[2 Samuel 2|→]] --- ### 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; ### 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. ### 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. ### 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. ### 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? ### 6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. ### 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here I. ### 8 And he said unto me, Who thou? And I answered him, I an Amalekite. ### 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life yet whole in me. ### 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that upon his head, and the bracelet that on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. ### 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that with him: ### 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. ### 13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence thou? And he answered, I the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. ### 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed? ### 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. ### 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. ### 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: ### 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the bow: behold, written in the book of Jasher.) ### 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! ### 20 Tell not in Gath, publish not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. ### 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, no dew, neither rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, 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 turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. ### 23 Saul and Jonathan lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. ### 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. ### 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, slain in thine high places. ### 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. ### 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!