Now it came to pass after <H0310> 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 even to pass on the third <H7992> day, <H3117> that, behold, a man <H0376> came <H0935> out of the camp <H4264> from Saul <H7586> with his clothes <H0899> rent, <H7167> and earth <H0127> upon his head: <H7218> and [so] it was, when he came <H0935> to David, <H1732> that he fell <H5307> to the earth, <H0776> and did obeisance. <H7812>
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And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto him, From whence comest <H0935> thou? And he said <H0559> unto him, Out of the camp <H4264> of Israel <H3478> am I escaped. <H4422>
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And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto him, How <H4100> went the matter? <H1697> I pray thee, tell <H5046> me. And he answered, <H0559> 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 <H0559> 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, <H0559> 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> <H6571> followed hard <H1692> after him.
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And when he looked <H6437> behind <H0310> him, he saw <H7200> me, and called <H7121> unto me. And I answered, <H0559> Here [am] I.
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And he said <H0559> unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered <H0559> him, I [am] an Amalekite. <H6003>
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He said <H0559> unto me again, Stand, <H5975> I pray thee, upon me, and slay <H4191> me: for anguish <H7661> is come upon me, <H0270> 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 <H0310> that he was fallen: <H5307> and I took <H3947> the crown <H5145> that [was] upon his head, <H7218> and the bracelet <H0685> that [was] on his arm, <H2220> and have brought <H0935> them hither unto my lord. <H0113>
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Then David <H1732> took hold <H2388> on his clothes, <H0899> and rent <H7167> them; and likewise all the men <H0582> 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 <H0559> unto the young man <H5288> that told <H5046> him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, <H0559> I [am] the son <H1121> of a stranger, <H0376> <H1616> an Amalekite. <H6003>
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And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto him, How wast thou not afraid <H3372> to stretch forth <H7971> thine hand <H3027> to destroy <H7843> the LORD'S <H3068> anointed? <H4899>
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And David <H1732> called <H7121> one <H0259> of the young men, <H5288> and said, <H0559> 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 <H0559> unto him, Thy blood <H1818> [be] upon thy head; <H7218> for thy mouth <H6310> hath testified <H6030> against thee, saying, <H0559> I have slain <H4191> the LORD'S <H3068> 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 <H0559> 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>
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Tell <H5046> [it] not in Gath, <H1661> publish <H1319> [it] not in the streets <H2351> of Askelon; <H0831> 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, <H0268> and the sword <H2719> of Saul <H7586> returned <H7725> not empty. <H7387>
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Saul <H7586> and Jonathan <H3083> [were] lovely <H0157> 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. <H0738>
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Ye daughters <H1323> of Israel, <H3478> weep <H1058> over 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 <H0251> Jonathan: <H3083> very <H3966> pleasant <H5276> hast thou been unto me: thy love <H0160> to me was wonderful, <H6381> passing the love <H0160> of women. <H0802>
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How are the mighty <H1368> fallen, <H5307> and the weapons <H3627> of war <H4421> perished! <H0006>