2 Samuel 1:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

David Mourns for Saul and Jonathan

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. ² On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance. ³ David said to him, ‘Where have you come from?’ He said to him, ‘I have escaped from the camp of Israel.’