2 Samuel 1

1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מֹות שָׁאוּל וְדָוִד שָׁב מֵהַכֹּות אֶת־הָעֲמָלֵק וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד בְּצִקְלָג יָמִים שְׁנָיִם׃ (3529)

See also: Exodus 17:14, 1 Samuel 27:6, 1 Chronicles 12:1

2It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

וַיְהִי ׀ בַּיֹּום הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ בָּא מִן־הַמַּחֲנֶה מֵעִם שָׁאוּל וּבְגָדָיו קְרֻעִים וַאֲדָמָה עַל־רֹאשֹׁו וַיְהִי בְּבֹאֹו אֶל־דָּוִד וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ׃ (4162)

3And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו דָּוִד אֵי מִזֶּה תָּבֹוא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מִמַּחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל נִמְלָטְתִּי׃ (2306)

See also: 2 Kings 5:25, Job 1:15-19, Job 1:17, Jeremiah 48:19

4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו דָּוִד מֶה־הָיָה הַדָּבָר הַגֶּד־נָא לִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֲשֶׁר־נָס הָעָם מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָה וְגַם־הַרְבֵּה נָפַל מִן־הָעָם וַיָּמֻתוּ וְגַם שָׁאוּל וִיהֹונָתָן בְּנֹו מֵתוּ׃ (4403)

See also: 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 31:1-6, 1 Chronicles 10:1-6, 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Chronicles 10:3, 1 Samuel 31:3

5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־הַנַּעַר הַמַּגִּיד לֹו אֵיךְ יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־מֵת שָׁאוּל וִיהֹונָתָן בְּנֹו׃ (2632)

See also: Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 25:2

6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

וַיֹּאמֶר הַנַּעַר ׀ הַמַּגִּיד לֹו נִקְרֹא נִקְרֵיתִי בְּהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ וְהִנֵּה שָׁאוּל נִשְׁעָן עַל־חֲנִיתֹו וְהִנֵּה הָרֶכֶב וּבַעֲלֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים הִדְבִּקֻהוּ׃ (4733)

See also: 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Chronicles 10:1, 1 Samuel 6:9, 1 Samuel 31:3, Ruth 2:3, 1 Samuel 31:1-7, 1 Samuel 31:2, 2 Samuel 1:21, 1 Chronicles 10:4-6, Luke 10:31, 2 Samuel 21:12

7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

וַיִּפֶן אַחֲרָיו וַיִּרְאֵנִי וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָי וָאֹמַר הִנֵּנִי׃ (1368)

See also: Judges 9:54, 1 Samuel 22:12, 2 Samuel 9:6, Isaiah 6:8, Isaiah 65:1

8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

וַיֹּאמֶר לִי מִי־אָתָּה [וַיֹּאמֶר כ] (וָאֹמַר ק) אֵלָיו עֲמָלֵקִי אָנֹכִי׃ (1755)

See also: 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 30:1, Genesis 14:7, Exodus 17:8-16, Exodus 17:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 25:17-19, 1 Samuel 27:8, 2 Samuel 1:13

9He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּי־כָל־עֹוד נַפְשִׁי בִּי׃ (2594)

See also: Revelation 9:6, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4

10So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

וָאֶעֱמֹד עָלָיו וַאֲמֹתְתֵהוּ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִחְיֶה אַחֲרֵי נִפְלֹו וָאֶקַּח הַנֵּזֶר ׀ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשֹׁו וְאֶצְעָדָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־זְרֹעֹו וָאֲבִיאֵם אֶל־אֲדֹנִי הֵנָּה׃ (4859)

See also: Judges 9:54, Matthew 7:2, 2 Kings 11:12, Judges 1:7, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Samuel 31:4-5, 2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 12:30, Lamentations 5:16, 2 Chronicles 23:11

11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

וַיַּחֲזֵק דָּוִד [בִּבְגָדֹו כ] (בִּבְגָדָיו ק) וַיִּקְרָעֵם וְגַם כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתֹּו׃ (2148)

See also: Joel 2:13, Genesis 44:13, 2 Samuel 13:31, Esther 4:1, Psalms 59:10, Genesis 37:29, 2 Samuel 3:31, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 13:19, Psalms 35:14, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Joshua 7:6, Acts 14:14, Romans 12:15

12And 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.

וַיִּסְפְּדוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ וַיָּצֻמוּ עַד־הָעָרֶב עַל־שָׁאוּל וְעַל־יְהֹונָתָן בְּנֹו וְעַל־עַם יְהוָה וְעַל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב׃ (3544)

See also: 2 Samuel 3:35, Psalms 35:13-14, Proverbs 24:17, Matthew 5:44, 1 Samuel 31:13, Amos 6:6, 2 Corinthians 11:29, 1 Peter 3:8, Genesis 23:2, Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 3:32, 2 Samuel 3:34, Job 31:29, Jeremiah 9:1

13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־הַנַּעַר הַמַּגִּיד לֹו אֵי מִזֶּה אָתָּה וַיֹּאמֶר בֶּן־אִישׁ גֵּר עֲמָלֵקִי אָנֹכִי׃ (2348)

See also: Psalms 18:44, 1 Kings 21:16, 2 Samuel 1:8

14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו דָּוִד אֵיךְ לֹא יָרֵאתָ לִשְׁלֹחַ יָדְךָ לְשַׁחֵת אֶת־מְשִׁיחַ יְהוָה׃ (2916)

See also: 1 Samuel 26:9, Numbers 12:8, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 31:4, Psalms 105:15, 2 Peter 2:10, Lamentations 4:20, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Chronicles 10:4

15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

וַיִּקְרָא דָוִד לְאַחַד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר גַּשׁ פְּגַע־בֹּו וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיָּמֹת׃ (2013)

See also: 2 Samuel 4:12, Judges 8:20, 1 Samuel 22:17-18, 2 Samuel 4:10-12, 2 Samuel 18:13, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:46, Job 5:12, Proverbs 11:18

16And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו דָּוִד [דָּמֵיךָ כ] (דָּמְךָ ק) עַל־רֹאשֶׁךָ כִּי פִיךָ עָנָה בְךָ לֵאמֹר אָנֹכִי מֹתַתִּי אֶת־מְשִׁיחַ יְהוָה׃ (3471)

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

וַיְקֹנֵן דָּוִד אֶת־הַקִּינָה הַזֹּאת עַל־שָׁאוּל וְעַל־יְהֹונָתָן בְּנֹו׃ (2336)

See also: Genesis 50:10, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Psalms 59:10, Ezekiel 32:16, 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 3:33, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 50:11, Psalms 35:14, Jeremiah 9:17-21, Micah 2:4, Psalms 141:6

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

וַיֹּאמֶר לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵי־יְהוּדָה קָשֶׁת הִנֵּה כְתוּבָה עַל־סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר׃ (2701)

See also: Joshua 10:13, Genesis 49:8, Numbers 21:14, Deuteronomy 4:10

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

הַצְּבִי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־בָּמֹותֶיךָ חָלָל אֵיךְ נָפְלוּ גִבֹּורִים׃ (1752)

See also: 2 Samuel 1:27, Deuteronomy 4:7-8, 2 Samuel 1:25, Lamentations 5:16, 1 Samuel 31:8, 2 Samuel 1:17, 2 Samuel 1:23, Isaiah 4:2, Lamentations 2:1, Obadiah 1:5, Zechariah 11:7, Zechariah 11:10, Genesis 9:22, Isaiah 53:2, Ezekiel 26:17

20Tell 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.

אַל־תַּגִּידוּ בְגַת אַל־תְּבַשְּׂרוּ בְּחוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלֹון פֶּן־תִּשְׂמַחְנָה בְּנֹות פְּלִשְׁתִּים פֶּן־תַּעֲלֹזְנָה בְּנֹות הָעֲרֵלִים׃ (6547)

21Ye 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.

הָרֵי בַגִּלְבֹּעַ אַל־טַל וְאַל־מָטָר עֲלֵיכֶם וּשְׂדֵי תְרוּמֹת כִּי שָׁם נִגְעַל מָגֵן גִּבֹּורִים מָגֵן שָׁאוּל בְּלִי מָשִׁיחַ בַּשָּׁמֶן׃ (4313)

22From 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.

מִדַּם חֲלָלִים מֵחֵלֶב גִּבֹּורִים קֶשֶׁת יְהֹונָתָן לֹא נָשֹׂוג אָחֹור וְחֶרֶב שָׁאוּל לֹא תָשׁוּב רֵיקָם׃ (4111)

See also: 1 Samuel 18:4, Isaiah 34:6-7, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 14:6-14, Jeremiah 50:9

23Saul 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.

שָׁאוּל וִיהֹונָתָן הַנֶּאֱהָבִים וְהַנְּעִימִם בְּחַיֵּיהֶם וּבְמֹותָם לֹא נִפְרָדוּ מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ מֵאֲרָיֹות גָּבֵרוּ׃ (3782)

See also: Philippians 4:8, Jeremiah 4:13, Judges 14:18, Psalms 147:10, Deuteronomy 28:49, 2 Samuel 1:19, Job 9:26, Proverbs 30:30, Lamentations 4:19, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 31:1-5, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, 1 Chronicles 12:8, Daniel 7:4, Joel 2:7, 1 Samuel 20:2

24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

בְּנֹות יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־שָׁאוּל בְּכֶינָה הַמַּלְבִּשְׁכֶם שָׁנִי עִם־עֲדָנִים הַמַּעֲלֶה עֲדִי זָהָב עַל לְבוּשְׁכֶן׃ (3291)

See also: Judges 5:30, Proverbs 31:21, Isaiah 3:16-26, Jeremiah 2:32, Lamentations 4:5, 1 Timothy 2:9-10, 1 Peter 3:3-5, Acts 9:39, Psalms 68:12

25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

אֵיךְ נָפְלוּ גִבֹּרִים בְּתֹוךְ הַמִּלְחָמָה יְהֹונָתָן עַל־בָּמֹותֶיךָ חָלָל׃ (2175)

See also: 2 Samuel 1:27, 2 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 14:1, Ezekiel 26:17, Judges 5:18, 1 Samuel 14:13-15, Lamentations 5:16

26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

צַר־לִי עָלֶיךָ אָחִי יְהֹונָתָן נָעַמְתָּ לִּי מְאֹד נִפְלְאַתָה אַהֲבָתְךָ לִי מֵאַהֲבַת נָשִׁים׃ (3527)

See also: Proverbs 18:24, 1 Samuel 18:1, 2 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:41, Proverbs 17:17, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 23:16, Matthew 19:5, 2 Samuel 19:30, Jeremiah 22:18, Deuteronomy 13:6

27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

אֵיךְ נָפְלוּ גִבֹּורִים וַיֹּאבְדוּ כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה׃ (670)

See also: 2 Samuel 1:25, 2 Samuel 1:19, Psalms 46:9, Ezekiel 39:9-10, 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 13:14