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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.