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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:14 And David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to reach out with your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:15 Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come forward, put him to death.” So he struck him and he died.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:16 And David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have finished off the Lord’s anointed.’”

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:17 Then David sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan,

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:18 and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the mourning song of the bow; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:19
“Your beauty, Israel, is slaughtered on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:20
Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:21
Mountains of Gilboa,
May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings!
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:22
From the blood of those slaughtered, from the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return unstained.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:23
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life,
And in their deaths they were not separated;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were mightier than lions.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:24
Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you in scarlet, with jewelry,
Who put gold jewelry on your apparel.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:25
How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan is slaughtered on your high places.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:26
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been a close friend to me.
Your love for me was more wonderful
Than the love of women.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 1:27
How the mighty have fallen,
And the weapons of war have perished!”

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:1 Then it came about afterward that David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:3 And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they settled in the cities of Hebron.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:4 Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:5 So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of the Lord because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him.

 

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(NAS) 2 Sam 2:6 And now may the Lord show kindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.