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          DASV: 2 Samuel 1    

1 After the death of Saul, when David returned from the slaughter
of the Amalekites, he stayed two days in Ziklag.
2 On the third day, a man arrived from the camp of Saul, with his
clothes torn, and dirt on his head. When he came to David,
he fell to the ground and paid him homage.
3 David asked him, "Where did you come from?" He replied,
"I escaped from the camp of Israel."
4 David asked, "Tell me, how did it go?" He answered,
"The people fled from the battle. Many of the them have
fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead."
5 David said to the young man who brought him the report,
"How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
6 The young man bringing him word said, "By chance, I happened
to be on Mount Gilboa, Saul was leaning on his spear.
The chariots and the horsemen closed in on him.
7 When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me.
I answered, 'Here am I.'
8 Then he asked me, 'Who are you?' I responded, 'I am an
Amalekite.'
9 He said to me, 'Come over here and finish me off, for I am
convulsing yet I am still alive.'
10 So I stood over him and finished him off, because I was sure
that he could not live after he had fallen. So I took the crown
that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm,
and have brought them here to you, my lord."

11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did
all the men who were with him.
12 They mourned, wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his
son Jonathan, and for the LORD’s people and for the house of Israel,
because they had fallen by the sword.
13 Then David said to the young man reporting to him, "Where are
you from?" He replied, "I am the son of a resident foreigner,
an Amalekite."
14 David confronted him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your
hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
15 David called one of the young soldiers, "Come here and strike
him down." So he struck him and he died.
16 David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head.
Your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have
killed the LORD’s anointed.'"

17 David composed this eulogy for Saul and his son Jonathan.
18 He ordered them to teach the children of Judah this
“Song of the Bow”; it is written in the book of Jashar.
19 "Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
      How are the mighty fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath,
      don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon,
   or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
      the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.
21 You mountains of Gilboa,
      let there be no dew or rain on you,
           or fields of offerings:
    For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
      the shield of Saul, no more anointed with olive oil.
22 From the blood of the slain,
      from the fat of the mighty,
    the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
      the sword of Saul did not return empty.
23 Saul and Jonathan were 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 Weep you daughters of Israel over Saul,
      who clothed you in scarlet luxury,
           who adorned your clothes with gold jewelry.
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
      Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
26 I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan,
      how very dear you were to me.
   Your love to me was wonderful,
      surpassing the love of women.
27 How the mighty have fallen,
      and the weapons of war perished!"

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