Catholic Public Domain Version

2 Samuel 1:10-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

10. And standing over him, I killed him. For I knew that he was not able to live after the fall. And I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my lord."

11. Then David, taking hold of his garments, tore them, with all the men who were with him.

12. And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13. And David said to the youth who had reported it to him, "Where are you from?" And he responded, "I am the son of a man who is a new arrival from the Amalekites."

14. And David said to him, "Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?"

15. And calling one of his servants, David said, "Draw near and rush against him" And he struck him, and he died.

16. And David said to him: "Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, saying: 'I have killed the Christ of the Lord.' "

17. Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.

18. (And he instructed that they should teach the sons of Judah the bow, just as it is written in the Book of the Just.) And he said: "Consider, O Israel, on behalf of those who are dead, wounded upon your heights: