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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">David Learns About Saul&#8217;s Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Saul was dead. After David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag and stayed there two days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the third day a young man from Saul&#8217;s camp came to Ziklag. To show his sadness, his clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head. He came and bowed facedown on the ground before David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Where did you come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;I escaped from the Israelite camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;What happened? Please tell me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;The people have run away from the battle, and many of them have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The young man answered, &#8220;I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and the men riding in them were coming closer to Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he looked back and saw me, he called to me. I answered him, &#8216;Here I am!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then Saul asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I told him, &#8216;I am an Amalekite.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then Saul said to me, &#8216;Please come here and kill me. I am badly hurt and am almost dead already.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I went over and killed him. He had been hurt so badly I knew he couldn&#8217;t live. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my master.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David tore his clothes to show his sorrow, and all the men with him did also. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They were very sad and cried and fasted until evening. They cried for Saul and his son Jonathan and for all the people of the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content"> and for all the Israelites who had died in the battle.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">David Orders the Amalekite Killed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David asked the young man who brought the report, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">The young man answered, &#8220;I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Why were you not afraid to kill the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">s appointed king?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then David called one of his men and told him, &#8220;Go! Kill the Amalekite!&#8221; So the Israelite killed him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">David had said to the Amalekite, &#8220;You are responsible for your own death. You confessed by saying, &#8216;I have killed the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">s appointed king.&#8217; &#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Song About Saul and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David sang a funeral song about Saul and his son Jonathan, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this song. It is called &#8220;The Bow,&#8221; and it is written in the Book of Jashar:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Israel, your leaders have been killed on the hills.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">How the mighty have fallen in battle!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t tell it in Gath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">If you do, the Philistine women will be happy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">and may their fields produce no grain,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">because there the mighty warrior&#8217;s shield was dishonored.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s shield will no longer be rubbed with oil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jonathan&#8217;s bow did not fail</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">to kill many soldiers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s sword did not fail</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">to wound many strong men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;We loved Saul and Jonathan</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">and enjoyed them while they lived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They are together even in death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were faster than eagles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were stronger than lions.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;You daughters of Israel, cry for Saul.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">Saul clothed you with red dresses</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">and put gold decorations on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen in battle!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">Jonathan is dead on Gilboa&#8217;s hills.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I cry for you, my brother Jonathan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">I enjoyed your friendship so much.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Your love to me was wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">better than the love of women.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="content">The weapons of war are gone.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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Now Saul was dead. After David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag and stayed there two days. On the third day a young man from Saul’s camp came to Ziklag. To show his sadness, his clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head. He came and bowed facedown on the ground before David.
David asked him, “Where did you come from?”
The man answered, “I escaped from the Israelite camp.”
David asked him, “What happened? Please tell me!”
The man answered, “The people have run away from the battle, and many of them have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.”
David asked him, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
The young man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and the men riding in them were coming closer to Saul. When he looked back and saw me, he called to me. I answered him, ‘Here I am!’
“Then Saul asked me, ‘Who are you?’
“I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
“Then Saul said to me, ‘Please come here and kill me. I am badly hurt and am almost dead already.’
“So I went over and killed him. He had been hurt so badly I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my master.”
Then David tore his clothes to show his sorrow, and all the men with him did also. They were very sad and cried and fasted until evening. They cried for Saul and his son Jonathan and for all the people of the LORD and for all the Israelites who had died in the battle.

David asked the young man who brought the report, “Where are you from?”
The young man answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to kill the LORD’s appointed king?”
Then David called one of his men and told him, “Go! Kill the Amalekite!” So the Israelite killed him. David had said to the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You confessed by saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s appointed king.’ ”

David sang a funeral song about Saul and his son Jonathan, and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this song. It is called “The Bow,” and it is written in the Book of Jashar:
“Israel, your leaders have been killed on the hills.
How the mighty have fallen in battle!
Don’t tell it in Gath.
Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon.
If you do, the Philistine women will be happy.
The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.
“May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa,
and may their fields produce no grain,
because there the mighty warrior’s shield was dishonored.
Saul’s shield will no longer be rubbed with oil.
Jonathan’s bow did not fail
to kill many soldiers.
Saul’s sword did not fail
to wound many strong men.
“We loved Saul and Jonathan
and enjoyed them while they lived.
They are together even in death.
They were faster than eagles.
They were stronger than lions.
“You daughters of Israel, cry for Saul.
Saul clothed you with red dresses
and put gold decorations on them.
“How the mighty have fallen in battle!
Jonathan is dead on Gilboa’s hills.
I cry for you, my brother Jonathan.
I enjoyed your friendship so much.
Your love to me was wonderful,
better than the love of women.
“How the mighty have fallen!
The weapons of war are gone.”

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