1After the death of Saul, David returned from…
2On the third day a man with torn…
3“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I…
4“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell…
5Then David asked the young man who had…
6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he…
7When he turned around and saw me, he…
8‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told…
9Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and…
10So I stood over him and killed him,…
11Then David took hold of his own clothes…
12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening…
13And David inquired of the young man who…
14So David asked him, “Why were you not…
15Then David summoned one of the young men…
16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your…
17Then David took up this lament for Saul…
18and he ordered that the sons of Judah…
19“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your…
20Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not…
21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no…
22From the blood of the slain, from the…
23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life,…
24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who…
25How the mighty have fallen in the thick…
26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You…
27How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons…
