2 Samuel 1:13-23 (King James Version)
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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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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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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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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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And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
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(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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The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen !
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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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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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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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Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasanta in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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