<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1008300">2 Samuel</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1008301">Chapter 1</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1008286">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1008329">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>King David</em></p><p><em>Ascension to the Throne</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008302">1</a>. NOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008303">2</a>. It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008304">3</a>. And David said unto him, From whence comest thou?  And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008305">4</a>. And David said unto him, How went the matter?  I pray thee, tell me.  And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008306">5</a>. And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008307">6</a>. And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008308">7</a>. And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.  And I answered, Here am I.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008309">8</a>. And he said unto me, Who art thou?  And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008310">9</a>. And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008311">10</a>. So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008312">11</a>. Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008313">12</a>. And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008314">13</a>. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?  And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008315">14</a>. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008316">15</a>. And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him.  And he smote him that he died.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008317">16</a>. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008318">17</a>. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008319">18</a>. (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008320">19</a>. The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008321">20</a>. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008322">21</a>. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008323">22</a>. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008324">23</a>. Saul 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008325">24</a>. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008326">25</a>. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!  O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008327">26</a>. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1008328">27</a>. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!</li>
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