2 Samuel · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
2 Samuel 1 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 Now it came to pass, after Saul was dead, that David returned from the slaughter of the Amalecites, and abode two days in Siceleg.
1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,
2 And on the third day, there appeared a man who came out of Saul’s camp, with his garments rent, and dust strewed on his head: and when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored.
2 on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth and showed respect.
3 And David said to him: From whence comest thou? And he said to him: I am fled out of the camp of Israel.
3 David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
4 And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.
4 David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
5 And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?
5 David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
6 And the young man that told him, said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him,
6 The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
7 And looking behind him, and seeing me, he called me. And I answered, Here am I.
7 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
8 And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.
8 He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me.
9 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
10 So standing over him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not live after the fall: and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm and have brought them hither to thee, my lord.
10 So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.
12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalee.
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 didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord’s anointed?
14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.
15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” 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.
16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”
17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.
17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
18 (Also he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written in the book of the just.) And he said: Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead, wounded on thy high places.
18 (and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen?
19 “Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph,
20 Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
21 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
21 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in delights, who gave ornaments of gold for your attire.
24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain in the high places?
25 How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places.
26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee.
26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.
27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished?
27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
People & places in this chapter
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People
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Jonathan
Saul's noble son and David's devoted friend, who died beside his father at Gilboa.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 18:1-4; 2 Samuel 1
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 25:23; Joshua 7:6; Hosea 6:2
- 3 2 Kings 5:25; Job 1:15–19
- 4 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 31:1–6; 1 Chronicles 10:1–6
- 5 Proverbs 25:2; Proverbs 14:15
- 6 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Chronicles 10:4–6; 1 Samuel 6:9; Luke 10:31; 2 Samuel 1:21
- 7 2 Samuel 9:6; Isaiah 65:1; 1 Samuel 22:12; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 6:8
- 8 1 Samuel 30:13; 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 27:8
- 10 Matthew 7:2; Judges 9:54; 2 Kings 11:12; Judges 1:7; 2 Samuel 12:30
- 11 2 Samuel 13:31; Genesis 37:29; 2 Samuel 3:31; Genesis 37:34; Romans 12:15
- 12 Psalm 35:13–14; Matthew 5:44; Proverbs 24:17; 2 Samuel 3:35; 1 Peter 3:8
- 13 2 Samuel 1:8
- 14 1 Samuel 26:9; 2 Peter 2:10; 1 Samuel 24:6; Numbers 12:8; Psalm 105:15
- 15 1 Samuel 22:17–18; 1 Kings 2:25; Job 5:12; 2 Samuel 4:10–12; 1 Kings 2:46
- 16 Matthew 27:25; Luke 19:22; Leviticus 20:9; Romans 3:19; 1 Samuel 26:9
- 17 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Samuel 1:19; Genesis 50:11; Jeremiah 9:17–21
- 18 Joshua 10:13; Genesis 49:8; Deuteronomy 4:10
- 19 2 Samuel 1:27; Deuteronomy 4:7–8; 2 Samuel 1:25; Lamentations 5:16; Lamentations 2:1
- 20 Micah 1:10; 1 Samuel 18:6; Exodus 15:20–21; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 17:26
- 21 1 Samuel 31:1; Isaiah 21:5; 1 Samuel 10:1; Ezekiel 31:15; Joel 2:14
- 22 1 Samuel 18:4; Isaiah 34:6–7; 1 Samuel 14:6–14; Deuteronomy 32:42
- 23 Jeremiah 4:13; Judges 14:18; Job 9:26; Deuteronomy 28:49; Lamentations 4:19
- 24 1 Peter 3:3–5; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 3:16–26; 1 Timothy 2:9–10; Judges 5:30
- 25 2 Samuel 1:19; 2 Samuel 1:27; Judges 5:18; 1 Samuel 14:13–15; Lamentations 5:16
- 26 1 Samuel 20:17; 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 18:1–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; 1 Samuel 19:2
- 27 2 Samuel 1:25; 2 Samuel 1:19; Psalm 46:9; Ezekiel 39:9–10; 2 Kings 2:12
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