After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag, 1Sa 27:61Sa 30:17-261Sa 31:6 on the third day, behold, 1 a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth and showed respect. 1Sa 4:122Sa 4:101Sa 25:23Jos 7:61Sa 20:411Sa 4:162Sa 14:42Sa 15:32
David said to him, “Where do you come from?” 2Ki 5:25Job 1:15-19
He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” 1Sa 31:1-61Sa 4:161Ch 10:1-6
He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?” Pro 14:15Pro 25:2
The 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 close behind him. 1Sa 28:41Ch 10:4-61Sa 31:1-71Sa 6:92Sa 1:21Luk 10:31Rut 2:3 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’ 1Sa 22:122Sa 9:6Isa 6:8Isa 65:1Jdg 9:54 He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ 1Sa 30:131Sa 30:171Sa 15:31Sa 30:11Sa 27:8Deu 25:17-19Exo 17:8-16Gen 14:7 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’ So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after 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.” Jdg 9:54Mat 7:22Ki 11:121Sa 22:181Sa 31:4-52Sa 12:30Jdg 1:7Lam 5:16
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise. 2Sa 13:312Sa 3:31Gen 37:29Gen 37:34Act 14:14Jos 7:6Rom 12:15 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, 2 and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. Mat 5:44Pro 24:17Psa 35:13-141Pe 3:82Co 11:292Sa 3:35Amo 6:6Jer 9:1
David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” 2Sa 1:8
He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” 1Sa 26:91Sa 24:61Sa 31:42Pe 2:10Num 12:8Psa 105:15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died. 1Ki 2:251Ki 2:341Ki 2:461Sa 22:17-182Sa 4:10-12Jdg 8:20Job 5:12Pro 11:18 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’” Mat 27:25Luk 19:221Sa 26:9Lev 20:9Rom 3:191Ki 2:372Sa 1:10Jos 2:19
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son 2Ch 35:252Sa 1:19Gen 50:11Jer 9:17-21 (and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar): Jos 10:13Gen 49:8Deu 4:10
“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! 2Sa 1:272Sa 1:25Deu 4:7-8Lam 5:161Sa 31:82Sa 1:23Isa 4:2Lam 2:1
How the mighty have fallen!
Don’t tell it in Gath. Mic 1:101Sa 18:6Exo 15:20-21Jdg 11:341Sa 17:261Sa 17:361Sa 31:41Sa 31:8-9
Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
You mountains of Gilboa, 1Sa 31:1Isa 21:51Sa 10:11Ch 10:11Ch 10:8Ezk 31:15Isa 5:6Jdg 5:23
let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings;
for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away,
the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
From the blood of the slain, 1Sa 18:4Isa 34:6-71Sa 14:6-14Deu 32:42
from the fat of the mighty,
Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back.
Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. Jer 4:13Jdg 14:18Deu 28:49Job 9:26Lam 4:19Pro 30:301Ch 12:81Sa 18:1
In their death, they were not divided.
They were swifter than eagles.
They were stronger than lions.
You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, 1Pe 3:3-51Ti 2:9-10Isa 3:16-26Jdg 5:30Jer 2:32Pro 31:21Psa 68:12
who clothed you delicately in scarlet,
who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! 2Sa 1:192Sa 1:271Sa 14:13-15Jdg 5:18Lam 5:16
Jonathan was slain on your high places.
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. 1Sa 20:171Sa 18:1-41Sa 20:411Sa 19:21Sa 23:16
You have been very pleasant to me.
Your love to me was wonderful,
surpassing the love of women.
How the mighty have fallen, 2Sa 1:252Sa 1:19Ezk 39:9-10Psa 46:92Ki 2:122Ki 13:14
and the weapons of war have perished!”