Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 1:1 (show verse)
It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;
2 Samuel 1:2 (show verse)
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 showed respect.
2 Samuel 1:3 (show verse)
David said to him, "Where do you come from?" He said to him, "I have escaped out of the camp of Israel."
2 Samuel 1:4 (show verse)
David said to him, "How did it go? Please tell me." He answered, "The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."
2 Samuel 1:5 (show verse)
David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?"
2 Samuel 1:6 (show verse)
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.
2 Samuel 1:7 (show verse)
When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here I am.'
2 Samuel 1:8 (show verse)
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
2 Samuel 1:9 (show verse)
He said to me, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.'
2 Samuel 1:10 (show verse)
So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. 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."
2 Samuel 1:11 (show verse)
Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.
2 Samuel 1:12 (show verse)
They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, 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.
2 Samuel 1:13 (show verse)
David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" He answered, "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite."
2 Samuel 1:14 (show verse)
David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Samuel 1:15 (show verse)
David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.
2 Samuel 1:16 (show verse)
David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain the LORD's anointed.'"
2 Samuel 1:17 (show verse)
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
2 Samuel 1:18 (show verse)
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
2 Samuel 1:19 (show verse)
"Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen.
2 Samuel 1:20 (show verse)
Do not tell it in Gath. Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
2 Samuel 1:21 (show verse)
You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away. The 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, Jonathan's bow did not turn back. Saul's sword did not return empty.
2 Samuel 1:23 (show verse)
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.
2 Samuel 1:24 (show verse)
You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
2 Samuel 1:25 (show verse)
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle. Jonathan is slain on your high places.
2 Samuel 1:26 (show verse)
I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 1:27 (show verse)
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished."