2 Samuel 1:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Then David summoned one of his young soldiers and gave him this order: “Come here and strike him down!” The young man struck him down, and he died. ¹⁶ As he fell, David said to him: “Your blood be on your own head. You convicted yourself by your own testimony when you said: ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

¹⁷ Elegy for Saul and Jonathan. David chanted the following lament over Saul and his son Jonathan,