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1. Now after the death of Saul, David returned from killing the Amalekites and stayed two days in Ziklag.
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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. On the third day, a man came from the tents of Saul. His clothes were torn and he had dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell 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 said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he answered, "I have run away from the tents of Israel."
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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 said to him, "How did it go? Tell me." And the man said, "The people have run from the battle. Many have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also."
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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 man, "How do you know that 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 man said, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul holding himself up with his spear. The war-wagons and the horsemen were coming close after him.
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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. When he looked behind him, he saw me. He called to me and I said, 'Here I am.'
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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. He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I answered, 'I am 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 he said to me, 'I beg you, stand beside me and kill me. I am in pain, and yet I am still alive.'
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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. So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew he could not live after he had fallen. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the beautiful gold band which he wore on his arm, and I have brought them here to 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 took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
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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 cried in sorrow and did not eat until evening, because of Saul and his son Jonathan, and of the people of the Lord and of the family of Israel. For they had fallen by the sword.
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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. David said to the young man, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of one from another land, 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. Then David said to him, "Why were you not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord's chosen one?"
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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 called one of the young men and said, "Go, cut him down." So he hit him and he died.
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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. David said to him, "Your blood is on your head. Because your mouth has spoken against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord's chosen one.' ''
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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. Then David sang a song of sorrow for 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. He told them to teach the song of the bow to the people of Judah. See, 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. "O Israel, your beauty is destroyed on your high places! How have the powerful fallen!
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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. Do not tell about it in Gath. Do not tell about it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines might be filled with joy. The daughters of those who have not gone through our religious act might be filled with joy.
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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. O mountains of Gilboa, do not let the water that is on the grass in the early morning or rain be on you. Let not grass be grown on your fields. For there the covering of the powerful was made dirty, the covering of Saul, as if he had not been set apart 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. The bow of Jonathan did not turn away. The sword of Saul did not return empty. They did not turn from the blood of the dead and the fat of the powerful.
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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 were loved and pleasing in their life. And they were not divided in their death. They were faster than eagles. They were 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. O daughters of Israel, cry for Saul. He dressed you in fine red clothing. He put on your clothing objects of gold.
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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. How have the powerful fallen in the center of the battle! Jonathan has been killed on your high places.
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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. I am troubled because of you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasing to me. Your love to me was greater 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. How have the powerful fallen, and the bows and swords of war destroyed!''
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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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