8. Then he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9. He said to me, ‘Please stand over me and kill me, for convulsions have seized me, even though my life is still in me.’
10. So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after his falling; I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm; and here, I have brought them to my lord.
11. David grabbed at his clothes and tore them, as did all of the men who were with him.
12. Then they mourned and wept and fasted over Saul and Jonathan his son until the evening, as well as over the people of Yahweh and over the house of Israel because they had fallen by the sword.
13. Then David said to the young man who was reporting to him, “Where are you from?” And he said, “I am the son of an alien man. I am an Amalekite.”
14. David said to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed one?”
15. Then David called to one of the young men and said to him, “Come near; strike him.” So he struck him down and he died.
16. David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, ‘I killed Yahweh’s anointed one!’ ”
17. Then David sang this funeral song over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
18. And he ordered “The Bow” to be taught to the children of Judah. Look, it is written on the scroll of Jashar.
19. “The glory of Israel is on your high places; how the mighty have fallen!
20. Do not tell it in Gath; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
21. O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of grain for offerings, for there the small shield of the mighty was defiled, the small shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.