And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. ] Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.
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Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
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For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
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and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
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“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
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