14. David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed? ”
15. Then David summoned one of his servants and said, “Come here and kill him! ” The servant struck him, and he died.
16. For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”
17. David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
18. and he ordered that the Judahites be taught The Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
19. The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.How the mighty have fallen!
20. Do not tell it in Gath,don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon,or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will gloat.
21. Mountains of Gilboa,let no dew or rain be on you,or fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was defiled —the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
22. Jonathan’s bow never retreated,Saul’s sword never returned unstained, from the blood of the slain,from the bodies of the mighty.
23. Saul and Jonathan,loved and delightful,they were not parted in life or in death.They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.