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hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine
the Lords Anoynted. 17 Then Dauid mourned with
The Second Book of Samuel this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his
Otherwise Called The Second sonne, 18 (Also he bade them teach the children
Book of the Kings of Iudah to shoote, as it is written in the booke
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of Iasher)
O noble Israel, hee is slane vpon thy
hie places: how are the mightie ouerthrowen!
1 After the death of Saul, when Dauid was 20 Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streetes
returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistims
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and had beene two dayes in Ziklag, Behold, a reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised
man came the third day out of the host from triumph. 21 Ye mountaines of Gilboa, vpon you be
Saul with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his neither dewe nor raine, nor be there fieldes of of-
head: and when hee came to Dauid, he fell frings: for there the shielde of the mightie is cast
to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 Then Dauid downe, the shielde of Saul, as though he had not
saide vnto him, Whence commest thou? And bene anointed with oyle. 22 The bow of Ionathan
he said vnto him, Out of the host of Israel I am neuer turned backe, neither did the sword of
escaped. 4 And Dauid saide vnto him, What is Saul returne emptie from the blood of the slaine,
done? I pray thee, tell me. Then he said, that the and from the fatte of the mightie. 23 Saul and
people is fled from the battel, and many of the Ionathan were louely and pleasant in their liues,
people are ouerthrowen, and dead, and also Saul and in their deaths they were not deuided: they
and Ionathan his sonne are dead. 5 And Dauid were swifter then eagles, they were stronger then
saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Howe lions. 24 Yee daughters of Israel, weepe for Saul,
knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne which clothed you in skarlet, with pleasures, and
be dead? 6 Then the yong man that tolde him, hanged ornaments of gold vpon your apparel.
answered, As I came to mount Gilboa, behold, 25
Saul leaned vpon his speare, and loe, the charets Howe were the mightie slaine in the mids of
and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And the battel! O Ionathan, thou wast slaine in thine
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when he looked backe, he saw me, and called me. hie places. Wo is me for thee, my brother
And I answered, Here am I. And he said vnto Ionathan: very kinde hast thou bene vnto me:
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me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am thy loue to me was wonderfull, passing the loue
an Amalekite. 9 Then saide hee vnto me, I pray of women: howe are the mightie ouerthrowen,
thee come vpon mee, and slay me: for anguish and the weapons of warre destroyed!
is come vpon me, because my life is yet whole
in me. 10 So I came vpon him, and slewe him,
and because I was sure that hee coulde not liue, 2
after that hee had fallen, I tooke the crowne that
was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was 1 After this, Dauid asked counsel of the Lord,
on his arme, and brought them hither vnto my saying, Shall I go vp into any of the cities of
lord. 11 Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, Iudah? And the Lord sayd vnto him, Goe vp.
and rent them, and likewise al the men that were And Dauid sayd Whither shall I goe? Hee then
with him. 12 And they mourned and wept, and answered, Vnto Hebron. 2 So Dauid went vp
fasted vntil euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his thither, and his two wiues also, Ahinoam the
sonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for Izreelite, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite.
the house of Israel, because they were slaine with 3 And Dauid brought vp the men that were with
the sword. 13 Afterward Dauid saide vnto the him, euery man with his houshold, and they
yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 Then the men
And hee answered, I am the sonne of a stranger of Iudah came, and there they anoynted Dauid
an Amalekite. 14 And Dauid said vnto him, How King ouer the house of Iudah. And they tolde
wast thou not afrayd, to put forth thine hand to Dauid, saying, that the men of Iabesh Gilead
destroy the Anoynted of the Lord? 15 Then Dauid buried Saul. 5 And Dauid sent messengers vnto
called one of his yong men, and said, Goe neere, the men of Iabesh Gilead, and said vnto them,
and fall vpon him. And hee smote him that he Blessed are ye of the Lord, that yee haue shewed
dyed. 16 Then said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood such kindenes vnto your lord Saul, that you haue
be vpon thine owne head: for thine owne mouth buried him. 6 Therefore now the Lord shewe