7. Then he turned around and saw me. He called out to me. I said, 'What do you want me to do?'
8. "He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.
9. "Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I'm close to death, but I'm still alive.'
10. "So I stood over him and killed him. I did it because I knew that after he had lost the battle he would be killed anyway. So I took the crown that was on his head. I also took his armband. I've brought them here to you. You are my master."
11. Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them. All of his men did the same thing.
12. All of them were filled with sadness. They sobbed over the whole nation of Israel. They didn't eat anything until evening. That's because Saul and Jonathan and the Lord's army had been killed with swords.
13. David spoke to the young man who had brought him the report. He asked, "Where are you from?" "I'm the son of an outsider, an Amalekite," he answered.
14. David asked him, "Why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to kill the Lord's anointed king?"
15. Then David called for one of his men. He said, "Go! Strike him down!" So he struck the man down, and the man died.
16. That's because David had said to him, "Anything that happens to you will be your own fault. What your own mouth has spoken is a witness against you. You said, 'I killed the Lord's anointed king.' "
17. David sang a song of sadness about Saul and his son Jonathan.
18. He ordered that it be taught to the people of Judah. It is called The Song of the Bow. It is written down in the Book of Jashar. David sang,
19. "Israel, your glorious leaders lie dead on your hills. Your mighty men have fallen.
20. "Don't announce it in Gath. Don't tell it in the streets of Ashkelon. If you do, the daughters of the Philistines will be glad. The daughters of men who haven't been circumcised will be joyful.