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Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him: (1:11) And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, 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 (1:12) And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite (1:13) And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed? (1:14) And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died (1:15) And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed (1:16) And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (1:17) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.) (1:18) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! (1:19) Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph (1:20) Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil (1:21) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty (1:22) Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions (1:23) Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel (1:24) How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, [thou wast] slain in thine high places (1:25) I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women (1:26) How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
(1:27)
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