15 And David called one of the young men and said, “Go, [a]cut him down.” (A)So he struck him and he died. 16 David said to him, “(B)Your blood is on your head, for (C)your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’”

David’s Dirge for Saul and Jonathan

17 Then David (D)chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:15 Lit fall upon him

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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