Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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King James Version
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed
in
Ziklag
two days .
Now
it
came
to
pass
after the death of Saul, when
David was
returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites ,
and David
had
abode
two days in
Ziklag;
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
.
It
came
even
to
pass
on the third day ,
that,
behold,
a man came
out
of
the
camp
from
Saul
with his
clothes rent,
and earth
upon
his head :
and
so
it
was,
when he came to David, that
he fell to the earth,
and
did
obeisance
.
“Where
have
you
come
from?”
David asked.
“I
have
escaped
from the Israelite
camp ,”
he
replied
.
And
David said
unto
him,
From whence
comest
thou?
And
he
said
unto
him,
Out
of
the camp of
Israel
am
I
escaped
.
“What
was
the outcome
? ”
David
asked.
“Please
tell me. ”
“
The troops
fled from the battle, ”
he
replied.
“
Many of them
fell
and died.
And Saul and his son Jonathan
are also
dead. ”
And
David
said
unto
him,
How
went
the matter
? I
pray
thee,
tell me. And
he
answered,
That
the people
are
fled from the battle, and
many of the
people
also
are
fallen
and dead;
and Saul and Jonathan
his son are dead also
.
Then
David asked
the young man who
had
brought
him the
report
, “
How do
you
know
that Saul and his son Jonathan
are
dead? ”
And
David said
unto
the young man that
told
him, How knowest
thou
that Saul and Jonathan
his son be
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.
And
the
young
man
that
told
him
said,
As
I happened by
chance
upon
mount Gilboa, behold
, Saul leaned
upon
his spear ;
and
, lo,
the chariots and horsemen
followed
hard
after
him.
When he turned
around
and
saw me, he
called out
and I answered, ‘
Here I
am !’
And
when he looked
behind
him,
he
saw me, and
called unto
me.
And I answered, Here am I.
‘
Who are
you
? ’
he
asked.
So
I told
him, ‘
I am an Amalekite. ’
And
he
said
unto
me,
Who art
thou
? And
I answered
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
. ’
He said
unto
me again
, Stand ,
I
pray
thee,
upon
me ,
and slay
me :
for anguish
is
come
upon
me, because
my life is
yet
whole
in
me
.
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. ”
So I stood upon
him ,
and slew
him, because I was
sure
that he could not live
after
that
he
was
fallen:
and I took the crown that was upon
his head ,
and the bracelet
that was on his arm, and have brought them hither
unto
my lord.
Then David took hold of
his own
clothes and tore
them ,
and all the men who
were with him did
the
same.
Then David took hold on
his clothes ,
and rent
them ;
and likewise
all the men that
were with him :
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
they mourned ,
and wept ,
and fasted until even,
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.
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. ”
And David said
unto
the young man that
told
him, Whence
art
thou
? And
he
answered,
I am the son of a stranger
, an Amalekite.
So
David asked
him, “Why
were
you
not afraid to lift
your
hand to destroy the LORD’s
anointed? ”
And
David said
unto
him, How
wast
thou
not afraid to stretch
forth
thine
hand to destroy the LORD's
anointed?
Then
David summoned
one of the young men and said, “
Go, execute
him!”
So
the
young
man
struck
him down,
and he died.
And
David called
one of the young men ,
and said, Go near
, and
fall
upon
him .
And he smote
him
that
he
died.
For
David had
said to
the
Amalekite
, “Your
blood be on
your
own
head because
your
own
mouth has
testified against you
, saying, ‘
I killed
the LORD’s
anointed. ’”
And
David said unto
him
, Thy
blood be upon
thy
head ;
for
thy
mouth hath
testified against thee
, saying, I have
slain
the LORD's
anointed.
Then
David took
up
this lament
for
Saul and his son Jonathan,
And
David lamented
with
this lamentation
over
Saul and over
Jonathan
his son :
and
he ordered
that
the sons
of Judah be
taught
the Song
of the Bow .
It is written in the Book of Jashar:
(Also
he bade
them
teach
the children
of Judah the use
of the bow :
behold,
it is written in the book of Jasher.)
“Your
glory,
O
Israel ,
lies
slain on
your
heights.
How the mighty have
fallen!
The
beauty
of
Israel is
slain upon
thy
high
places:
how are
the mighty 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
.
Tell it not in Gath ,
publish
it not in the streets of Askelon;
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest
the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph
.
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.
Ye
mountains of Gilboa, let
there
be
no dew ,
neither
let
there
be
rain, upon
you,
nor
fields of offerings:
for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely
cast
away
, the shield of Saul, as
though
he
had
not
been
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.
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned
not back
, and the sword of Saul returned
not empty.
Saul and Jonathan ,
beloved
and delightful
in life
, were not divided in
death.
They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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.
O
daughters of Israel, weep for
Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and
luxury
, who
decked
your
garments
with ornaments of gold.
Ye
daughters of Israel, weep over
Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other
delights,
who
put
on
ornaments of gold upon
your
apparel
.
How the mighty have
fallen in the thick
of battle! Jonathan lies
slain on
your
heights
.
How are
the mighty fallen in the midst
of the
battle! O
Jonathan ,
thou
wast
slain in
thine
high
places
.
I grieve
for you,
Jonathan
, my brother .
You
were
delightful
to
me ;
your
love to me was extraordinary
, surpassing
the love of women.
I am
distressed
for thee
, my brother Jonathan:
very
pleasant
hast
thou
been
unto
me :
thy
love to me was wonderful
, passing
the love of women.
How the mighty have
fallen and the weapons of war have
perished! ”
How are
the mighty fallen ,
and the weapons of war perished!
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