2 Samuel 1

1 After the death of Saul, David returned from attacking the Amalekites. He stayed in Ziklag for two days.

And it was after [the] death of Saul and David he returned from defeating Amalek and he remained David in Ziklag days two.

2 Then on the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp. His clothes were torn and he had dust on his head. When he approached David, he bowed before him, and fell to the ground in respect.

And it was - on the day third and there! a man [was] coming from the camp from with Saul and garments his [were] torn and earth [was] on head his and it was when came he to David and he fell [the] ground towards and he bowed down.

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

And he said to him David where? from this are you coming and he said to him from [the] camp of Israel I have escaped.

4 “Tell me what happened,” David asked. “The army ran away from the battle,” the man replied. “Many of them died, and Saul and his son Jonathan also died.”

And he said to him David what? was it the word tell please to me and he said that it has fled the people from the battle and also [surely] a multitude has fallen of the people and they have died and also Saul and Jonathan son his they have died.

5 “How do you know Saul and Jonathan died?” David asked the man giving the report.

And he said David to the young man who had told to him how? do you know that he has died Saul and Jonathan son his.

6 “I just happened to be there on Mount Gilboa,” he replied. “I saw Saul, leaning on his spear, with the enemy chariots and the charioteers advancing on him.

And he said the young man - who had told to him [surely] by chance I found myself on [the] mountain of Gilboa and there! Saul [was] leaning on spear his and there! the chariotry and [the] owners of the horses they overtook him.

7 He turned around and saw me. He called out and I replied, ‘I'm here to help!’

And he turned behind him and he saw me and he called to me and I said here [am] I.

8 He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I'm an Amalekite.’

And he said to me who? [are] you (and I said *Q(K)*) to him [am] an Amalekite I.

9 Then he told me, ‘Please come over here and kill me! I'm in terrible agony but life is still hanging on.’

And he said to me stand please over me and kill me for it has seized me dizziness for all still life my [is] in me.

10 So I went over him and killed him, because I knew that wounded as he was he couldn't last long. I took the crown from his head and his bracelet from his arm, and I've brought them here to you, my lord.”

And I stood over him and I killed him for I knew that not he will live after had fallen he and I took the crown - which [was] on head his and an armlet which [was] on arm his and I brought them to lord my here.

11 David grabbed hold of his clothes and ripped them, as did his men.

And he took hold David (on garments his *Q(K)*) and he tore them and also all the men who [were] with him.

12 They mourned and cried and fasted until the evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord, the Israelites, that had been killed by the sword.

And they mourned and they wept and they fasted until the evening on Saul and on Jonathan son his and on [the] people of Yahweh and on [the] house of Israel for they had fallen by the sword.

13 David asked man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I'm the son of a foreigner,” he replied “I'm an Amalekite.”

And he said David to the young man who had told to him where? from this [are] you and he said [am the] son of a man a sojourner an Amalekite I.

14 “Why weren't you worried about killing the Lord's anointed one?” David asked.

And he said to him David how? not were you afraid to stretch out hand your to destroy [the] [one] anointed of Yahweh.

15 David called over one of his men and said, “Go ahead, kill him!” So the man cut the Amalekite down and killed him.

And he called David to one from the young men and he said draw near fall on him and he struck down him and he died.

16 David had told the Amalekite, “Your death is your own fault because you testified against yourself when you said, ‘I killed the Lord's anointed one.’”

And he said to him David (blood your *Q(K)*) [be] on head your for own mouth your it has testified against you saying I I killed [the] [one] anointed of Yahweh.

17 Then David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan.

And he lamented David the lamentation this on Saul and on Jonathan son his.

18 He ordered it to be taught to the people of Judah. It is called “the Bow” and is recorded in the Book of the Just:

And he said to teach [the] descendants of Judah Bow here! [it is] written on [the] scroll of the Jashar.

19 “Israel, the glorious one lies dead on your mountains. How the mighty have fallen!

The beauty O Israel on high places your [is] slain how! they have fallen [the] mighty [ones].

20 Don't announce it in the town of Gath, don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, so that the Philistine women won't rejoice, so that the heathen women won't celebrate.

May not you tell in Gath may not you bear news in [the] streets of Ashkelon lest they should rejoice [the] daughters of [the] Philistines lest they should exult [the] daughters of the uncircumcised.

21 Mountains of Gilboa, may no dew or rain fall on you! May you have no fields that produce offerings of grain. For it was there that the shield of the mighty was defiled; Saul's shield, no longer cared for with olive oil.

O mountains in Gilboa may not dew and may not rain [be] on you and fields of contributions for there it was defiled [the] shield of [the] mighty [ones] [the] shield of Saul not [was] anointed with oil.

22 Jonathan with his bow did not retreat from attacking the enemy; Saul with his sword did not return empty-handed from shedding blood.

From [the] blood of [those] slain from [the] fat of [the] mighty [ones] [the] bow of Jonathan not it turned back backwards and [the] sword of Saul not it returned empty.

23 During their lives, Saul and Jonathan were much loved and very pleasant, and death did not divide them. They were faster than eagles, stronger than lions.

Saul and Jonathan lovable and pleasant in lives their and in death their not they were separated more than eagles they were swift more than lions they were strong.

24 Women of Israel, mourn for Saul, who gave you fine scarlet clothes decorated with gold ornaments.

O daughters of Israel because of Saul weep who clothed you scarlet with luxuries who brought up ornament[s] of gold on clothing your.

25 How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies dead on your mountains.

How! they have fallen [the] mighty [ones] in [the] middle of the battle Jonathan on high places your [is] slain.

26 I weep so much for you, my brother Jonathan! You were so very dear to me! Your love for me was so wonderful, greater than the love women have!

It is distress to me on you O brother my Jonathan you were pleasant to me very it was wonderful love your to me more than [the] love of women.

27 How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war are gone!”

How! they have fallen [the] mighty [ones] and they have perished [the] weapons of war.