David Mourns for Saul and Jonathan

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amal′ekites, David remained two days in Ziklag; ² and on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes rent and earth upon his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance. 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 have fled from the battle, and many of the people also 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 Gilbo′a; and there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and lo, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him. ⁷ And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ ⁸ And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amal′ekite.’ ⁹ And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and slay me; for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’ ¹⁰ So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen; and I took the crown which was on his head and the armlet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

¹¹ Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent 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. ¹³ And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amal′ekite.” ¹⁴ David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” ¹⁵ Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, fall upon him.” And he smote him so that he died. ¹⁶ And David said to him, “Your blood be upon your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the Lord’s anointed.’”

¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, ¹⁸ and he said it^[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.^[b] He said:

From Adam to Abraham

1 ^[a]Adam, Seth, Enosh; ² Kenan, Mahal′alel, Jared; ³ Enoch, Methu′selah, Lamech; ⁴ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶ The sons of Gomer: Ash′kenaz, Diphath, and Togar′mah. ⁷ The sons of Javan: Eli′shah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Ro′danim.

⁸ The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ⁹ The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav′ilah, Sabta, Ra′ama, and Sab′teca. The sons of Ra′amah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰ Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

¹¹ Egypt was the father of Ludim, An′amim, Leha′bim, Naph′tuhim, ¹² Pathru′sim, Caslu′him (whence came the Philistines), and Caph′torim.

¹³ Canaan was the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁴ and the Jeb′usites, the Amorites, the Gir′gashites, ¹⁵ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁶ the Ar′vadites, the Zem′arites, and the Ha′mathites.

¹⁷ The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpach′shad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸ Arpach′shad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber. ¹⁹ To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan. ²⁰ Joktan was the father of Almo′dad, Sheleph, Hazarma′veth, Jerah, ²¹ Hador′am, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Ebal, Abim′a-el, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Hav′ilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴ Shem, Arpach′shad, Shelah; ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Re′u; ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah; ²⁷ Abram, that is, Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ish′mael. ²⁹ These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ish′mael, Neba′ioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Ked′emah. These are the sons of Ish′mael. ³² The sons of Ketu′rah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Mid′ian, Ishbak, and Shu′ah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³ The sons of Mid′ian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abi′da, and Elda′ah. All these were the descendants of Ketu′rah.

³⁴ Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵ The sons of Esau: Eli′phaz, Reu′el, Je′ush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶ The sons of Eli′phaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Am′alek. ³⁷ The sons of Reu′el: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸ The sons of Se′ir: Lotan, Shobal, Zib′eon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ⁴⁰ The sons of Shobal: Al′ian, Man′ahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zib′eon: A′iah and Anah. ⁴¹ The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za′avan, and Ja′akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

⁴³ These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela the son of Be′or, the name of whose city was Din′habah. ⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Te′manites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶ When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid′ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith. ⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masre′kah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Sha′ul of Reho′both on the Euphra′tes reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹ When Sha′ul died, Ba′al-ha′nan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰ When Ba′al-ha′nan died, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pa′i, and his wife’s name Mehet′abel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me′zahab. ⁵¹ And Hadad died.

The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Al′iah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholiba′mah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Mag′di-el, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.