13. Then David talked with the young soldier who had told him about Saul’s death. David asked, “Where are you from?” The young soldier answered, “I am the son of a foreigner. I am an Amalekite.”
14. David said to the young soldier, “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’S chosen king?”
15-16. Then David told the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You said you killed the Lord’S chosen king, so your own words prove you are guilty.” Then David called one of his young servants and told him to kill the Amalekite. So the young Israelite killed him.
17. David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.
18. David told his men to teach the song to the people of Judah. This song is called “The Bow,” and it is written in the Book of Jashar.
19. “Israel, your beauty was ruined on your hills. Oh, how those heroes fell!
20. Don’t tell the news in Gath. Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon. Those Philistine cities would be happy! Those foreigners would be glad.
21. “May no rain or dew fall on you, mountains of Gilboa. May there be no offerings coming from your fields. The shields of the heroes rusted there. Saul’s shield was not rubbed with oil.