2 Samuel 1

1 After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

and to be after death Saul and David to return: return from to smite [obj] [the] Amalek and to dwell David in/on/with Ziklag day two

2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

and to be in/on/with day [the] third and behold man to come (in): come from [the] camp from from with Saul and garment his to tear and land: soil upon head his and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he to(wards) David and to fall: fall land: soil [to] and to bow

3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.

and to say to/for him David where? from this to come (in): come and to say to(wards) him from camp Israel to escape

4 “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

and to say to(wards) him David what? to be [the] word: thing to tell please to/for me and to say which to flee [the] people from [the] battle and also to multiply to fall: fall from [the] people and to die and also Saul and Jonathan son: child his to die

5 Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

and to say David to(wards) [the] youth [the] to tell to/for him how? to know for to die Saul and Jonathan son: child his

6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

and to say [the] youth [the] to tell to/for him to encounter: chanced to meet in/on/with mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Gilboa and behold Saul to lean upon spear his and behold [the] chariot and master: [master of] [the] horseman to cleave him

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’

and to turn after him and to see: see me and to call: call to to(wards) me and to say look! I

8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

and to say to/for me who? you(m. s.) (and to say *Q(K)*) to(wards) him Amalekite I

9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

and to say to(wards) me to stand: stand please upon me and to die me for to grasp me [the] agony for all still soul: life my in/on/with me

10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

and to stand: stand upon him and to die him for to know for not to live after to fall: fall he and to take: take [the] consecration: crown which upon head his and armlet which upon arm his and to come (in): bring them to(wards) lord my here/thus

11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

and to strengthen: hold David (in/on/with garment his *Q(K)*) and to tear them and also all [the] human which with him

12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

and to mourn and to weep and to fast till [the] evening upon Saul and upon Jonathan son: child his and upon people LORD and upon house: household Israel for to fall: fall in/on/with sword

13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

and to say David to(wards) [the] youth [the] to tell to/for him where? from this you(m. s.) and to say son: child man sojourner Amalekite I

14 So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

and to say to(wards) him David how? not to fear to/for to send: reach hand: power your to/for to ruin [obj] anointed LORD

15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

and to call: call to David to/for one from [the] youth and to say to approach: approach to fall on in/on/with him and to smite him and to die

16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

and to say to(wards) him David (blood your *Q(K)*) upon head your for lip your to answer in/on/with you to/for to say I to die [obj] anointed LORD

17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

and to chant David [obj] [the] dirge [the] this upon Saul and upon Jonathan son: child his

18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

and to say to/for to learn: teach son: descendant/people Judah bow behold to write upon scroll: book [the] Jashar

19 “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

[the] beauty Israel upon high place your slain: killed how? to fall: fall mighty man

20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

not to tell in/on/with Gath not to bear tidings in/on/with outside Ashkelon lest to rejoice daughter Philistine lest to exult daughter [the] uncircumcised

21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

mountain: mount in/on/with Gilboa not dew and not rain upon you and land: country contribution for there to abhor shield mighty man shield Saul without anointed in/on/with oil

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

from blood slain: killed from fat mighty man bow Jonathan not to turn back back and sword Saul not to return: return emptily

23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Saul and Jonathan [the] to love: lover and [the] pleasant in/on/with life their and in/on/with death their not to separate from eagle to lighten from lion to prevail

24 O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

daughter Israel to(wards) Saul to weep [the] to clothe you scarlet with delicacy [the] to ascend: rise ornament gold upon clothing your

25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

how? to fall: fall mighty man in/on/with midst [the] battle Jonathan upon high place your slain: killed

26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

to constrain to/for me upon you brother: compatriot my Jonathan be pleasant to/for me much to wonder love your to/for me from love woman

27 How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”

how? to fall: fall mighty man and to perish article/utensil battle