2 Samuel 1:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ David had said to the Amalekite, “·You are responsible for your own death [^LYour blood is/be on your own head]. ·You confessed [^LYour own mouth has testified against you] by saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s ·appointed king [anointed].’”

David’s Song About Saul and Jonathan

¹⁷ David ·sang [chanted; intoned; or composed] a ·funeral song [lament] ·about [over] Saul and his son Jonathan, ¹⁸ and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this song. It is called “The Bow,” and it is written in the Book of Jashar [^Can ancient record of heroic deeds, now lost; Josh. 10:13]: