- After the death of Saul , David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed ... in Ziklag two days.
- On the third ... day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head - arrived from Saul’s camp. ... When he came to David , he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
“ Where ... have you come from ? ” David asked “ I have escaped from the Israelite camp , ” he replied -.
“ What was the outcome ... ? ” David asked. ... “ Please tell “ The troops fled from the battle , ” he replied. - - “ Many of (them) fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead. ”
Then David ... asked the young man who had brought him the report “ How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead ? ”
“ I happened ... to be on Mount Gilboa , ” (he) - replied , “ and there was Saul , leaning on his spear , with the chariots ... and the cavalry closing in on him.
When he turned around ... and saw me , he called out - and I answered , ‘ Here I am ! ’
‘ Who are you ? ’ he asked So I told him , ‘ I am an Amalekite. ’
Then he begged me , ... ‘ Stand ... over me and kill me , for agony has seized me , but my life still lingers.’
So I stood over him and killed him , because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm , and I have brought them here to my lord. ”
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them , and all the men who (were) with him did the same.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son ... Jonathan , and for the people of the LORD ... and the house of Israel , because they had fallen by the sword.
And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report “ Where ... are you from ? ” “ I am the son ... of a foreigner , ” he answered. “ I am an Amalekite. ”
So David asked him , “ Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy - the LORD’s anointed ? ”
Then David summoned one of the young men and said , “ Go , execute So (the young man) struck him down , and he died.
For David had said to the Amalekite , “ Your blood (be) on your own head because your own mouth has testified saying , ‘ I killed - the LORD’s anointed. ’”
Then David took up - this lament for Saul ... and his son Jonathan ,
and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught (the Song of) the Bow. ... It is written in the Book of Jashar :
“ Your glory , O Israel , lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen !
Tell (it) not in Gath ; proclaim (it) not in the streets of Ashkelon , lest the daughters of the Philistines ... rejoice , and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
O mountains of Gilboa , may you have no dew ... or rain , no fields (yielding) offerings (of grain). For there the shield of the mighty was defiled , the shield of Saul , no longer anointed with oil.
From the blood of the slain , from the fat of the mighty , the bow of Jonathan did not retreat ... , and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
Saul and Jonathan , beloved and delightful in life , were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles , they were stronger than lions.
O daughters of Israel , weep for Saul , who clothed you in scarlet and luxury , who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle ! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
I grieve for you , Jonathan , my brother. You were delightful ... ; your love was extraordinary , surpassing the love of women.
How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished ! ”