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12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,[a] and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”

He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.