2 Samuel 1

It happened after the death of Talut, when Dawud was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and Dawud had stayed two days in Ziklag; ²on the third day a man came out of the camp from Talut, with his clothes torn, and dust on his head: and when he came to Dawud, he fell to the earth, and bowed. ³Dawud said to him, Where did you come from? He said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel. ⁴Dawud said to him, What happened? Please tell me. He answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of them are fallen and dead; and Talut and Jonathan his son are dead also. ⁵Dawud said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Talut and Jonathan his son are dead? ⁶The young man said, As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, Talut was leaning on his spear; and the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. ⁷When Talut looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, Here I am. ⁸He said to me, Who are you? I answered him, I am an Amalekite. ⁹He said to me, Please, stand over me and kill me; for I am in anguish, but my life still remains in me. ¹⁰So I stood over him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen: and 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. ¹¹Then Dawud took hold of his own clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him: ¹²and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Talut, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Allah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. ¹³Dawud said to the young man who told him, Where do you come from? He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite. ¹⁴Dawud said to him, Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Allah's anointed? ¹⁵Dawud called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and execute him. He struck him, so that he died. ¹⁶Dawud said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Allah's anointed.

¹⁷Dawud lamented with this lamentation over Talut and Jonathan his son ¹⁸(and he told them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher):

¹⁹Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places!

How are the mighty fallen!

²⁰Do not tell it in Gath,

Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon;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 nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings:

For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away,

The shield of Talut, not anointed with oil.

²²From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,

The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,

The sword of Talut did not return empty.

²³Talut and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives,

In their death they were not divided:

They were swifter than eagles,

They were stronger than lions.

²⁴You daughters of Israel, weep over Talut,

Who clothed you in scarlet delicately,

Who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

²⁵How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!

Jonathan is slain on your high places.

²⁶I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan:

Very pleasant have you been to me:

Your love to me was wonderful,

Surpassing the love of women.

²⁷How are the mighty fallen,

The weapons of war perished!