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CHAP. I.
1 The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the ouerthrow, and accused himselfe of Sauls death, is slaine. 17 Dauid lamenteth Saul and Ionathan with a song.
1 Now it came to passe after þe death of Saul, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and Dauid had abode two daies in Ziklag,1
4 And Dauid said vnto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell mee. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battell, and many of the people also are fallen and dead, and Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead also.4
7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called vnto mee: and I answered, Here am I.7
8 And hee said vnto mee, Who art thou? and I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9 He said vnto me againe, Stand, I pray thee, vpon me, and slay me: for anguish is come vpon mee, because my life is yet whole in me.9
11 Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.11
14 And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch foorth thine hand, to destroy the Lords Anointed?14
17 ¶ And Dauid lamented with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne:
18 (Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the bow: behold, it is written in the booke of Iasher.)18
19 The beauty of Israel is slaine vpon thy high places: how are the mightie fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.20
23 Saul and Ionathan were louely and pleasant in their liues, and in their death they were not diuided: they were swifter then Eagles, they were stronger then Lions.23
27 How are the mightie fallen, and the weapons of warre perished!
2 Samuel Chapter 1 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 1. Sam. 30.17.
4 Heb. what was &c.
7 Hebr. behold me.
9 Or, my coat of male, (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth mee, that my, &c.
11 Chap. 3. 31. and 13. 31.
14 Psal. 105. 15.
18 Iosh. 10. 13. , Or, of the vpright.
20 Micah 1. 10.
23 Or, sweet.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania