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1. After David defeated the Amalekites, he went back to Ziklag. This was just after Saul had been killed. David had been there two days.
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 after H310 the death H4194 of Saul H7586 , when David H1732 was returned H7725 from the slaughter H4480 H5221 of H853 the Amalekites H6002 , and David H1732 had abode H3427 two H8147 days H3117 in Ziklag H6860 ;
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2. Then, on the third day, a young soldier from Saul's camp came to Ziklag. His clothes were torn, and he had dirt on his head. He came to David and bowed with his face to the ground.
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2. It came even to pass H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 , that, behold H2009 , a man H376 came H935 out of H4480 the camp H4264 from H4480 H5973 Saul H7586 with his clothes H899 rent H7167 , and earth H127 upon H5921 his head H7218 : and so it was H1961 , when he came H935 to H413 David H1732 , that he fell H5307 to the earth H776 , and did obeisance H7812 .
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3. David asked him, "Where have you come from?" The man answered, "I just came from the Israelite camp."
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3. And David H1732 said H559 unto him , From whence H335 H4480 H2088 comest H935 thou? And he said H559 unto H413 him , Out of the camp H4480 H4264 of Israel H3478 am I escaped H4422 .
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4. David asked him, "Please tell me, who won the battle?" The man answered, "Our people ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed in the battle. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
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4. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 him, How H4100 went H1961 the matter H1697 ? I pray thee H4994 , tell H5046 me . And he answered H559 , That H834 the people H5971 are fled H5127 from H4480 the battle H4421 , and many H7235 of H4480 the people H5971 also H1571 are fallen H5307 and dead H4191 ; and Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 are dead H4191 also H1571 .
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5. David said to the young soldier, "How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
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5. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 the young man H5288 that told H5046 him, How H349 knowest H3045 thou that H3588 Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 be dead H4191 ?
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6. The young soldier said, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and horse soldiers were coming closer and closer to Saul.
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6. And the young man H5288 that told H5046 him said H559 , As I happened H7136 by chance H7122 upon mount H2022 Gilboa H1533 , behold H2009 , Saul H7586 leaned H8172 upon H5921 his spear H2595 ; and, lo H2009 , the chariots H7393 and horsemen H1167 H6571 followed hard H1692 after him.
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7. Saul looked back and saw me. He called to me and I answered him.
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7. And when he looked H6437 behind H310 him , he saw H7200 me , and called H7121 unto H413 me . And I answered H559 , Here H2009 am I.
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8. Then Saul asked me who I was. I told him that I was an Amalekite.
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8. And he said H559 unto me, Who H4310 art thou H859 ? And I answered H559 him H413 , I H595 am an Amalekite H6003 .
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9. Then Saul said, 'Please kill me. I am hurt badly. And I am about to die anyway.'
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9. He said H559 unto H413 me again, Stand H5975 , I pray thee H4994 , upon H5921 me , and slay H4191 me: for H3588 anguish H7661 is come H270 upon me, because H3588 my life H5315 is yet H5750 whole H3605 in me.
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10. He was hurt so badly that I knew he wouldn't live. So I stopped and killed him. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm and brought them here to you, my lord."
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10. So I stood H5975 upon H5921 him , and slew H4191 him, because H3588 I was sure H3045 that H3588 he could not H3808 live H2421 after that H310 he was fallen H5307 : and I took H3947 the crown H5145 that H834 was upon H5921 his head H7218 , and the bracelet H685 that H834 was on H5921 his arm H2220 , and have brought H935 them hither H2008 unto H413 my lord H113 .
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11. Then David tore his clothes to show he was very sad. All the men with him did the same thing.
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11. Then David H1732 took hold H2388 on his clothes H899 , and rent H7167 them ; and likewise H1571 all H3605 the men H376 that H834 were with H854 him:
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12. They were very sad and cried. They did not eat until evening. They cried because Saul and his son Jonathan were dead. David and his men cried for the Lord's people, and they cried for Israel. They cried because Saul, his son Jonathan, and many Israelites had been killed in battle.
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12. And they mourned H5594 , and wept H1058 , and fasted H6684 until H5704 even H6153 , for H5921 Saul H7586 , and for H5921 Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 , and for H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 , and for H5921 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; because H3588 they were fallen H5307 by the sword H2719 .
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13. Then David talked with the young soldier who had told him about Saul's death. David asked, "Where are you from?" The young soldier answered, "I am the son of a foreigner. I am an Amalekite."
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13. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 the young man H5288 that told H5046 him, Whence H335 H4480 H4100 art thou H859 ? And he answered H559 , I H595 am the son H1121 of a stranger H376 H1616 , an Amalekite H6003 .
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14. David said to the young soldier, "Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord's chosen king?"
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14. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 him, How H349 wast thou not H3808 afraid H3372 to stretch forth H7971 thine hand H3027 to destroy H7843 H853 the LORD H3068 's anointed H4899 ?
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15. Then David told the Amalekite, "You are responsible for your own death. You said you killed the Lord's chosen king, so your own words prove you are guilty." Then David called one of his young servants and told him to kill the Amalekite. So the young Israelite killed him.
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15. And David H1732 called H7121 one H259 of the young men H4480 H5288 , and said H559 , Go near H5066 , and fall H6293 upon him . And he smote H5221 him that he died H4191 .
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16. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 him , Thy blood H1818 be upon H5921 thy head H7218 ; for H3588 thy mouth H6310 hath testified H6030 against thee, saying H559 , I H595 have slain H4191 H853 the LORD H3068 's anointed H4899 .
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17. David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.
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17. And David H1732 lamented H6969 with H854 this H2063 lamentation H7015 over H5921 Saul H7586 and over H5921 Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 :
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18. David told his men to teach the song to the people of Judah. This song is called The Bow, and it is written in the Book of Jashar.
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18. (Also he bade H559 them teach H3925 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 the use of the bow H7198 : behold H2009 , it is written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of Jasher H3477 .)
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19. "Israel, your beauty was ruined on your hills. Oh, how those heroes fell!
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19. The beauty H6643 of Israel H3478 is slain H2491 upon H5921 thy high places H1116 : how H349 are the mighty H1368 fallen H5307 !
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20. Don't tell the news in Gath, Don't announce it in the streets of Ashkelon. Those Philistine cities would be happy! Those foreigners would be glad.
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20. Tell H5046 it not H408 in Gath H1661 , publish H1319 it not H408 in the streets H2351 of Askelon H831 ; lest H6435 the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430 rejoice H8055 , lest H6435 the daughters H1323 of the uncircumcised H6189 triumph H5937 .
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21. "May no rain or dew fall on you, mountains of Gilboa. May there be no offerings coming from your fields. The shields of the heroes rusted there. Saul's shield was not rubbed with oil.
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21. Ye mountains H2022 of Gilboa H1533 , let there be no H408 dew H2919 , neither H408 let there be rain H4306 , upon H5921 you , nor fields H7704 of offerings H8641 : for H3588 there H8033 the shield H4043 of the mighty H1368 is vilely cast away H1602 , the shield H4043 of Saul H7586 , as though he had not H1097 been anointed H4886 with oil H8081 .
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22. Jonathan's bow killed its share of enemies, and Saul's sword killed its share! They have spilled the blood of men now dead. They cut into the fat of strong men.
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22. From the blood H4480 H1818 of the slain H2491 , from the fat H4480 H2459 of the mighty H1368 , the bow H7198 of Jonathan H3083 turned H7734 not H3808 back H268 , and the sword H2719 of Saul H7586 returned H7725 not H3808 empty H7387 .
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23. "Saul and Jonathan�how dear they were to us! In life they loved being together, and even death did not separate them! They were faster than eagles and stronger than lions.
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23. Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 were lovely H157 and pleasant H5273 in their lives H2416 , and in their death H4194 they were not H3808 divided H6504 : they were swifter H7043 than eagles H4480 H5404 , they were stronger H1396 than lions H4480 H738 .
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24. Daughters of Israel, cry for Saul! Saul gave you beautiful red dresses and covered them with gold jewelry!
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24. Ye daughters H1323 of Israel H3478 , weep H1058 over H413 Saul H7586 , who clothed H3847 you in scarlet H8144 , with H5973 other delights H5730 , who put on H5927 ornaments H5716 of gold H2091 upon H5921 your apparel H3830 .
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25. "Strong men have fallen in the battle. Jonathan is dead on Gilboa's hills.
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25. How H349 are the mighty H1368 fallen H5307 in the midst H8432 of the battle H4421 ! O Jonathan H3083 , thou wast slain H2491 in H5921 thine high places H1116 .
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26. Jonathan, my brother, I miss you! I enjoyed your friendship so much. Your love for me was wonderful, stronger than the love of women.
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26. I am distressed H6887 for H5921 thee , my brother H251 Jonathan H3083 : very H3966 pleasant H5276 hast thou been unto me : thy love H160 to me was wonderful H6381 , passing the love H4480 H160 of women H802 .
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27. Heroes have fallen in battle. Their weapons of war are lost."
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27. How H349 are the mighty H1368 fallen H5307 , and the weapons H3627 of war H4421 perished H6 !
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