1And it happened after the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David stayed two days 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

2on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth upon his head. And it happened when he came to David, he fell to the earth and bowed to him.

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

3And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.

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

4And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.

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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 David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

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

6And the young man who told him said, As I happened to be upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And, lo, the chariots 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 behind him, he saw me, and called to 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 to me, Who are you? 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

9He said to me again, Please stand over me and kill me, for anguish has come upon me, because all my life is still in me.

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10And I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown on his head, and the bracelet on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

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

11And David took hold on his garments, and tore them. And likewise all the men with him did so.

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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 until evening, for Saul, and for his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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

13And David said to the young man who told him, From where are you? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

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2 Samuel 1:8, 2 Samuel 1:8

14And David said, Why were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

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

15And David called one of the young men and said, Go near; fall on him. And he struck him so that he died.

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

16And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.

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

17And David chanted this death dirge over Saul and over his son Jonathan.

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

18And he said to teach the sons of Judah The Song of the Bow. Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher:

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

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places! How are the mighty fallen!

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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, do not let it be known in the streets of Askelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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

21Mountains of Gilboa, let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty has been evilly cast away, the shield of Saul not being anointed with oil.

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

22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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

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.

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

24Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and with delights; who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.

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

25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

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

26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant you have been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, more than the love of women.

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

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

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