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2 Samuel 1:11-27
View Full Chapter11Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
12They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered.
14David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD ’s anointed?” 15Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
16For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD ’s anointed.’ ”
David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan 17David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
18and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
19“A gazelle
20“Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
21“Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields.
22“From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24“Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25“How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. 27“How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!”