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Second Book of Samuel (Second Book of Kings)
chapter 1
1
Now it
came to pass, after Saul was dead, that David returned from the slaughter of
the Amalecites, and abode two days in Siceleg.
2 And on the third day, there appeared a man who came
out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent, and dust strewed on his head: and
when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored.
3 And David said to him: From whence comest thou? And
he said to him: I am fled out of the camp of Israel.
4 And David said unto him: What is the matter that is
come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of
the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.
5 And David said to the young man that told him: How
knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?
6 And the young man that told him, said: I came by
chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and
horsemen drew nigh unto him,
7 And looking behind him, and seeing me, he called me.
And I answered, Here am I.
8 And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I
am an Amalecite.
9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for
anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me.
10 So standing over him, I killed him: for I knew that
he could not live after the fall: and I took the diadem that was on his head,
and the bracelet that was on his arm and have brought them hither to thee, my
lord.
11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them,
and likewise all the men that were with him.
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening
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 to the young man that told him:
Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalee.
14 David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put
out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed?
15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near
and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.
16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own
head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord's
anointed.
17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul,
and over Jonathan his son.
18 (Also he commanded that they should teach the
children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written in the book of the just.)
And he said: Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead, wounded on thy high
places.
19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy
mountains: how are the valiant fallen?
20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets
of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters
of the uncircumcised triumph,
21 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain
come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away
the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been
anointed with oil.
22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the
valiant, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not
return empty.
23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life,
even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger
than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed
you with scarlet in delights, who gave ornaments of gold for your attire.
25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain
in the high places?
26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding
beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her
only son, so did I love thee.
27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war
perished?
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