2 Samuel 1:4-12

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ David said to him, How did it go? Tell me. He answered, The men have fled from the battle. Many have fallen and are dead; Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

⁵ David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

⁶ The young man said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa and I saw Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and horsemen were close behind him.

⁷ When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, Here I am.

⁸ He asked me, Who are you? I answered, An Amalekite.

⁹ He said to me, Rise up against me and slay me; for terrible dizziness has come upon me, yet my life is still in me [and I will be taken alive].

¹⁰ So I stood up against him and slew him, because I was sure he could not live after he had fallen. So I took the crown on his head and the bracelet on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.^(A)

¹¹ Then David grasped his own clothes and tore them; so did all the men with him.

¹² They mourned and wept for Saul and Jonathan his son, and fasted until evening for the Lord’s people and the house of Israel, because of their defeat in battle.