2 Samuel 1:12-23
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12 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.
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13 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.
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14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
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15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
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16 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.
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17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
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18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
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19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
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20 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.
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21 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.
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22 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.
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23 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.