Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 1:1 (show verse)
{After} the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and he stayed at Ziklag two days.
2 Samuel 1:2 (show verse)
On the third day, a man came from the camp from [being with] Saul, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. {When he came} to David, he fell to the ground and bowed down.
2 Samuel 1:3 (show verse)
David said to him, "Where did you come from?" He said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."
2 Samuel 1:4 (show verse)
Then David said to him, "{How did things go}? Please tell me." He answered, "{When} the army fled from the battle, and many of the people fell; also, Saul and Jonathan his son died."
2 Samuel 1:5 (show verse)
Then David asked the young man who [was] reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?"
2 Samuel 1:6 (show verse)
The young man who [was] reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul [was] leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen [were] getting close to him.
2 Samuel 1:7 (show verse)
When he turned around and saw me, he called to me, and I said, 'Here I [am].'
2 Samuel 1:8 (show verse)
Then he said to me, 'Who [are] you?' And I said to him, 'I [am] an Amalekite.'
2 Samuel 1:9 (show verse)
He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for convulsions have seized me, even though my life [is still] in me.'
2 Samuel 1:10 (show verse)
So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after his falling; I took the crown that [was] on his head and [the] bracelet which [was] on his arm; and here, I have brought them to my lord.
2 Samuel 1:11 (show verse)
David grabbed [at] his clothes and tore them, [as did] all of the men who [were] with him.
2 Samuel 1:12 (show verse)
Then they mourned and wept and fasted over Saul and Jonathan his son until the evening, [as well] as over the people of Yahweh and over the house of Israel because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:13 (show verse)
Then David said to the young man who [was] reporting to him, "Where [are] you from?" And he said, "I [am] the son of an alien man. I [am] an Amalekite."
2 Samuel 1:14 (show verse)
David said to him, "How [is it that] you [were] not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed one?"
2 Samuel 1:15 (show verse)
Then David called to one of the young men and said to him, "Come near; strike him." So he struck him down and he died.
2 Samuel 1:16 (show verse)
David said to him, "Your blood [is] on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, 'I killed Yahweh's anointed one!'"
2 Samuel 1:17 (show verse)
Then David sang this funeral song over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
2 Samuel 1:18 (show verse)
And he ordered "The Bow" to be taught to the children of Judah. Look, it [is] written on the scroll of Jashar.
2 Samuel 1:19 (show verse)
"The glory of Israel [is] on your high places; how [the] mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:20 (show verse)
Do not tell it in Gath; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of [the] Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
2 Samuel 1:21 (show verse)
O mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of [grain for] offerings, for there the small shield of [the] mighty [was] defiled, the small shield of Saul [was] not anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 1:22 (show verse)
From the blood of [the] slain, from the fat of [the] mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return {without effect}.
2 Samuel 1:23 (show verse)
Saul and Jonathan [were] beloved and pleasant in their lives and [were] not separated in their death. They [were] swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:24 (show verse)
O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, the one who clothed you with crimson, the one who {adorned your clothing with golden ornaments}.
2 Samuel 1:25 (show verse)
How [the] mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle; Jonathan [lies] slain on your high places.
2 Samuel 1:26 (show verse)
{I am distressed} over you, my brother Jonathan. you [were] very dear to me; your love [was] more wonderful to me than the love of women.
2 Samuel 1:27 (show verse)
How [the] mighty have fallen and the weapons of warfare perished."