15 Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come forward, [a]put him to death.” (A)So he struck him and he died. 16 And David said to him, “[b](B)Your blood is on your head, because (C)your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have finished off the Lords anointed.’”

David’s Song of Mourning for Saul and Jonathan

17 Then David (D)sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:15 Lit fall on him
  2. 2 Samuel 1:16 I.e., his death was his own responsibility

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