They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

“You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,

Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.