2. Then, on the third day, a young soldier from Saul’s camp came to Ziklag. His clothes were torn, and he had dirt on his head. He came to David and bowed with his face to the ground.
3. David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man answered, “I just came from the Israelite camp.”
4. David asked him, “Please tell me, who won the battle?” The man answered, “Our people ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed in the battle. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5. David said to the young soldier, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6. The young soldier said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and horse soldiers were coming closer and closer to Saul.
7. Saul looked back and saw me. He called to me and I answered him.
8. Then Saul asked me who I was. I told him that I was an Amalekite.
9. Then Saul said, ‘Please kill me. I am hurt badly. And I am about to die anyway.’
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.