4 It was tolde Dauid of Sauls death. 15 He cauſeth him to be ſlayne that broght the tydings 19 He lamenteth the death of Saúl and Ionathán.

1.A Fter the death of Saúl, when Dauid was retur-ned from the ^* ſlaughter of the Amalekites and had bene two dayes in Ziklág,

2.Beholde, ^a man came the third day out of the hoſte from Saúl with his ^a clothes rẽt, and earth vpon his head: & when he came to Dauid, he fel to the earth, and did obei-ſance.

3.Then Dauid ſaid vnto him, Whence cómeſt thou? And he ſaid vnto him, Out of the hoſte of Iſraél I am eſcaped.

4.And Dauid ſaid vnto him, What is done? I pray thee, tel me. Thé he ſaid, y^e the people is fled from the battel, and many of y^e people are ouerthrowen, and dead, and al-ſo Saúl and Ionathán his ſonne are dead.

5.And Dauid ſaid vnto the yong man, that tolde it him, How knoweſt thou that Saúl and Ionathán his ſonne be dead?

6.Then the yong man that tolde him, an-ſwered, ^b As I came to mount Gilbóa, be-holde, Saúl leaned vpon his ſpeare. and lo, the charets and ^" horſemen followed hard after him.

7.And whé he loked backe, he ſawe me, and called me And I anſwered, Here am I.

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

9.Then ſaid he vnto me, I pray thee, come vpon me, and ſlaye me: for anguiſh is come vpon me, becauſe my ^d life is yet whole in me.

10.So ^" I came vpon him, and ſlewe him, & becauſe I was ſure that he colde not liue, after that he had fallen, I toke the cro-wne that was vpon his head, and the bra-celet that was on his arme, and broght thé hither vnto my lord.

11.Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes, ^* & rent them, and likewiſe all the men that were with him.

12.And they mourned and wept, and faſted vntil euen, for Saúl and for Ionathán his ſonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for the houſe of Iſraél, becauſe they were ſlayne with the ſworde.

13.¶ ^e Afterward Dauid ſaid vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And he anſwered, I am the ſonne of a ſtrã-ger an Amalekite.

14.And Dauid ſaid vnto him, ^* How waſt thou not afraied, to put forthe thine hand to deſtroy the Anoynted of the Lord?

15.Then Dauid called one of his yong mẽ, & ſaid, Go nere, and fall vpõ him. And he ſmote him that he dyed.

16.Thé ſaid Dauid vnto him, ^f Thy blood be vpon thine owne head: for thine owne mouth hathe teſtified agaĩſt thee, ſaying, I haue ſlayne the Lords Anointed.

17.¶ Then Dauid mourned with this lamẽ-tation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathán his ſonne,

18.(Alſo he bade them teache the children of Iudáh to ^g ſhoote, as it is written in y^e boke of ^* ^" Iaſhér)

19.O noble Iſraél, ^h he is ſlayne vpon thy hie places: how are the mighty ouerthro-wen?

20.^* Tel it not in Gath, nor publiſh it in the ſtretes of Aſhkelón, leſt the daughters of the Philiſtims reioyce, leſt the daughters of the vncircumciſed triumphe.

21.Ye mountaines of Gilbóa, vpon you be nether dewe nor raine, nor ⁱ be there fields of offrings: for there the ſhield of the mightie is caſt downe, the ſhield of Saúl, as thogh he had not bene anoynted with oyle.

22.The bowe of Ionathán neuer turned backe, nether did the ſworde of Saúl retur-ne empty from the blood of the ſlayne, and from the fat of the mighty.

23.Saúl and Ionathán were louely and pleaſant in their liues, and in their deathes they were not ^k diuided: they were ſwifter thẽ egles, they were ſtrõge then lions.

24.Ye daughters of Iſraél, wepe for Saúl, which clothed you in ſkarlet, ^l with plea-ſures, and hanged ornaments of golde vp-on your apparel.

25.How were the mighty ſlayne in the mid-des of the battel? ô Ionathán, thou waſt ſlayne in thine hie places.

26.Wo is me for thee, my brother Iona-thán: very kinde haſt thou bene vnto me: thy loue to me was wonderful, paſsing y^e loue of ^m women: how are the mighty o-uerthrowen, and the weapons of warre de-ſtroyed?

2 Samuel 1

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