1After the death of Saul, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had beene two dayes in Ziklag,

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1 Samuel 27:6, 1 Samuel 27:6, 1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Samuel 30:26, 1 Samuel 31:6

2Behold, a man came the third day out of the host from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head: and when hee came to Dauid, he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

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1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 4:10, 2 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 25:23

3Then Dauid saide vnto him, Whence commest thou? And he said vnto him, Out of the host of Israel I am escaped.

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2 Kings 5:25, Job 1:15, Job 1:19, 2 Kings 5:25, Job 1:15

4And Dauid saide vnto him, What is done? I pray thee, tell me. Then he said, that the people is fled from the battel, and many of the people are ouerthrowen, and dead, and also Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead.

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1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Samuel 31:6, 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 31:1

5And Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Howe knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead?

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Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 14:15

6Then the yong man that tolde him, answered, As I came to mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned vpon his speare, and loe, the charets and horsemen followed hard after him.

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1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Samuel 6:9, Luke 10:31, 1 Chronicles 10:4

7And when he looked backe, he saw me, and called me. And I answered, Here am I.

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

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

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1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:1

9Then saide hee vnto me, I pray thee come vpon mee, and slay me: for anguish is come vpon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

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10So I came vpon him, and slewe him, and because I was sure that hee coulde not liue, after that hee had fallen, I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and brought them hither vnto my lord.

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Judges 9:54, Matthew 7:2, Judges 9:54, Matthew 7:2, 2 Kings 11:12

11Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, and rent them, and likewise al the men that were with him.

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2 Samuel 13:31, 2 Samuel 13:31, 2 Samuel 3:31, Genesis 37:29, 2 Samuel 3:31

12And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntil euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his sonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were slaine with the sword.

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Matthew 5:44, Proverbs 24:17, Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Matthew 5:44

13Afterward Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And hee answered, I am the sonne of a stranger an Amalekite.

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2 Samuel 1:8, 2 Samuel 1:8

14And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afrayd, to put forth thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord?

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1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:9, Psalms 105:15, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 31:4

15Then Dauid called one of his yong men, and said, Goe neere, and fall vpon him. And hee smote him that he dyed.

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Job 5:12, 1 Samuel 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:18, Judges 8:20, 2 Samuel 4:10

16Then said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thine owne head: for thine owne mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the Lords Anoynted.

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Matthew 27:25, Matthew 27:25, Luke 19:22, Luke 19:22, Leviticus 20:9

17Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

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2 Chronicles 35:25, 2 Chronicles 35:25, 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:19, Jeremiah 9:17

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Iudah to shoote, as it is written in the booke of Iasher)

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Joshua 10:13, Joshua 10:13, Genesis 49:8, Deuteronomy 4:10, Genesis 49:8

19O noble Israel, hee is slane vpon thy hie places: how are the mightie ouerthrowen!

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2 Samuel 1:27, 2 Samuel 1:27, Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 4:8, 2 Samuel 1:25

20Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streetes of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistims reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.

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Micah 1:10, Micah 1:10, 1 Samuel 18:6, 1 Samuel 18:6, Exodus 15:20

21Ye mountaines of Gilboa, vpon you be neither dewe nor raine, nor be there fieldes of offrings: for there the shielde of the mightie is cast downe, the shielde of Saul, as though he had not bene anointed with oyle.

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1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Samuel 31:1, Isaiah 21:5, Isaiah 21:5, 1 Samuel 10:1

22The bow of Ionathan neuer turned backe, neither did the sword of Saul returne emptie from the blood of the slaine, and from the fatte of the mightie.

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1 Samuel 18:4, 1 Samuel 18:4, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 34:7, Isaiah 34:6

23Saul and Ionathan were louely and pleasant in their liues, and in their deaths they were not deuided: they were swifter then eagles, they were stronger then lions.

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Jeremiah 4:13, Jeremiah 4:13, Judges 14:18, Judges 14:18, Proverbs 30:30

24Yee daughters of Israel, weepe for Saul, which clothed you in skarlet, with pleasures, and hanged ornaments of gold vpon your apparel.

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Isaiah 3:16, Isaiah 3:26, Jeremiah 2:32, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10

25Howe were the mightie slaine in the mids of the battel! O Ionathan, thou wast slaine in thine hie places.

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2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:27, 2 Samuel 1:27, Judges 5:18

26Wo is me for thee, my brother Ionathan: very kinde hast thou bene vnto me: thy loue to me was wonderfull, passing the loue of women: howe are the mightie ouerthrowen, and the weapons of warre destroyed!

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1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 23:16, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 18:1

27

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2 Samuel 1:25, 2 Samuel 1:25, 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Kings 2:12