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15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.

16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord's anointed.

17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

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15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(A) So he struck him down, and he died.(B) 16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.(C) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”

David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan

17 David took up this lament(D) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(E)

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