Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed
in
Ziklag
two days .
It
happened
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
happened
on the third day ,
that
behold,
a man came
out
of
the
camp
from
Saul,
with his
clothes torn,
and earth
on 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
.
David said
to
him,
From whence
come
you?
He
said
to
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. ”
David
said
to
him,
How
went
the matter
? Please tell me. He
answered,
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? ”
David said
to
the young man who told
him, How know you
that Saul and Jonathan
his son 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.
The
young
man
who
told
him
said,
As
I happened by
chance
on Mount Gilboa, behold
, Saul was
leaning on his spear ;
and
, behold,
the chariots and the horsemen
followed
hard
after
him.
When he turned
around
and
saw me, he
called
out
and I answered, ‘
Here I
am !’
When he looked
behind
him,
he
saw me, and called
to
me.
I answered, Here am I.
‘
Who are you? ’
he
asked.
So
I told
him, ‘
I am an Amalekite. ’
He
said
to
me,
Who are you? 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
to
me, Stand ,
I
pray
you,
beside
me ,
and kill me ;
for anguish
has taken
hold
of
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 beside
him ,
and killed him, because I was
sure
that he could not live
after
that
he
was
fallen:
and I took the crown that was on his head ,
and the bracelet
that was on his arm, and 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.
Then David took hold on
his clothes ,
and tore them ;
and likewise
all the men who 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 Yahweh,
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. ”
David said
to
the young man who told
him, Whence
are you? He
answered,
I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.
So
David asked
him, “Why
were you not afraid to lift
your hand to destroy the
LORD’s
anointed? ”
David said
to
him, How
were you not afraid to put
forth
your hand to destroy Yahweh'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.
David called
one of the young men ,
and said, Go near
, and
fall
on
him .
He
struck him, so
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. ’”
David said to him
, Your blood be on your head ;
for
your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have
slain
Yahweh's
anointed.
Then
David took
up
this lament
for
Saul and his son Jonathan,
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:
(
and he bade
them
teach
the children
of Judah [
the song of ]
the bow :
behold,
it is written in the book of Jashar )
:
“
Your glory, O
Israel, lies
slain on your heights.
How the mighty have
fallen!
Your glory, Israel, is
slain on your 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
.
Don't
tell it in Gath ,
Don't
publish
it in the streets of Ashkelon ;
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.
You
mountains of Gilboa, Let
there
be
no dew nor
rain on
you
, neither
fields of offerings:
For there the shield of the mighty was vilely
cast
away
, The shield of Saul, not
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 didn't
turn
back
, The sword of Saul didn't
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.
Saul and Jonathan were
lovely
and pleasant
in their
lives
, 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.
You
daughters of Israel, weep over
Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately
, Who put
ornaments of gold on
your
clothing
.
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! Jonathan is
slain on your 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 you, my brother Jonathan:
Very
pleasant
have
you been
to me :
Your 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 ,
The weapons of war perished!
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