2 Samuel 1:4-12

Legacy Standard Bible

⁴ And David said to him, “^(A)How did things go? Tell me now.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.” ⁵ So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” ⁶ And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on ^(B)Mount Gilboa, and behold, ^(C)Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. ⁷ Then he turned to look behind him, and he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’ ⁸ And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I ^[a]answered him, ‘^(D)I am an Amalekite.’ ⁹ Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and put me to death, for agony has seized me because my ^[b]life still lingers in me.’ ¹⁰ So I stood beside him ^(E)and put him to death, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And ^(F)I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

¹¹ Then ^(G)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him. ¹² And they lamented and wept and ^(H)fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of ^[c]Yahweh and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.