4. “So what happened?” said David. “What’s the news?”He said, “The Israelites have fled the battlefield, leaving a lot of their dead comrades behind. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5. David pressed the young soldier for details: “How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?”
9. “Come here,” he said, “and put me out of my misery. I’m nearly dead already, but my life hangs on.”
10. “So I did what he asked—I killed him. I knew he wouldn’t last much longer anyway. I removed his royal headband and bracelet, and have brought them to my master. Here they are.”
13. Then David spoke to the young soldier who had brought the report: “Who are you, anyway?”“I’m from an immigrant family—an Amalekite.”
16. “You asked for it,” David told him. “You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed God’s anointed king.”
22. Jonathan’s bow was bold—the bigger they were the harder they fell.Saul’s sword was fearless—once out of the scabbard, nothing could stop it.