As they
were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the
women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King
Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical
instruments. 7 And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,
“Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
8 And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased
him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they
have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?” 15 And
when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him.
19 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his
servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much
in David. 2 And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill
you. Therefore be on your guard."
31 Now the Philistines were fighting against
Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on
Mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and
the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of
Saul. 3 The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found
him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. 6 Thus Saul died,
and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day
together.
2 And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's
camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he
fell to the ground and paid homage. 3 David said to him, “Where do
you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of
Israel.” 4 And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.”
And he answered, “The people fled from the battle, and also many of the
people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” 5 Then
David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his
son Jonathan are dead?” 6 And the young man who told him said, “By
chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his
spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him. 9 And
he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and
yet my life still lingers.’ 10 So I stood beside 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 armlet that was on his arm, and I
have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,
and so did all the men who were with him. 12 And they mourned and
wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the
people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the
sword. 14 David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put
out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?” 15 Then David
called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down
so that he died. 16 And David said to him, “Your blood be on your
head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the
Lord's anointed.’”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing
ministry of Good News Publishers.
Illustration from a woodcut by Baron Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld, 1794-1872, a distinguished German artist known especially for his book, Das Buch der Bücher in Bilden (The Book of Books in Pictures). © WELS used by permission for personal and congregational use.
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