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2 Samuel 1:17

Verse 17 of 27. The 1st of 24 chapters in 2 Samuel, in History.

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

14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

15David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.

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.’”

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

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):

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

20Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

21You mountains of Gilboa, 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.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.