1It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had 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

2it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and showed respect.

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

3David said to him, "Where do you come from?" 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

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

5David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?"

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

6The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the 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

7When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here I am.'

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

8He said to me, 'Who are you?' 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, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.'

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10So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was 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

11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who 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

12They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

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

13David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" He answered, "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite."

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2 Samuel 1:8, 2 Samuel 1:8

14David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put 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

15David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." 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

16David said to him, "Your blood be on 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

17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

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

18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

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

19"Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

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

20Do not tell it in Gath. Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, 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

21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not 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, Jonathan's bow did not turn back. Saul's sword 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. 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

24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

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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. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing 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