2 Samuel 1 (NET)

2 Samuel 1:1¹After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 1:2²On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:122 Sam 4:101 Sam 25:23Josh 7:61 Sam 20:411 Sam 4:162 Sam 14:42 Sam 15:32Esth 4:16Esth 5:1

2 Samuel 1:3³David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:25Job 1:15-19

2 Samuel 1:4⁴David inquired, “How were things going? Tell me!” He replied, “The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 31:1-61 Sam 4:161 Chr 10:1-6

2 Samuel 1:5⁵David said to the young man who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 14:15Prov 25:2

2 Samuel 1:6⁶The young man said, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 28:41 Chr 10:4-61 Sam 31:1-71 Sam 6:92 Sam 1:21Luke 10:31Ruth 2:3

2 Samuel 1:7⁷When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, ‘Here I am!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:122 Sam 9:6Isa 6:8Isa 65:1Judg 9:54

2 Samuel 1:8⁸He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:131 Sam 30:171 Sam 15:31 Sam 30:11 Sam 27:8Deut 25:17-19Exod 17:8-16Gen 14:7Num 24:20

2 Samuel 1:9⁹He said to me, ‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 1:10¹⁰So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 9:54Matt 7:22 Kgs 11:121 Sam 22:181 Sam 31:4-52 Sam 12:30Judg 1:7Lam 5:16

2 Samuel 1:11¹¹David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 13:312 Sam 3:31Gen 37:29Gen 37:34Acts 14:14Josh 7:6Rom 12:15

2 Samuel 1:12¹²They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord ’s army, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:44Prov 24:17Ps 35:13-141 Pet 3:82 Cor 11:292 Sam 3:35Amos 6:6Jer 9:1

2 Samuel 1:13¹³David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:8

2 Samuel 1:14¹⁴David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord ’s anointed?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:91 Sam 24:61 Sam 31:42 Pet 2:10Num 12:8Ps 105:15

2 Samuel 1:15¹⁵Then David called one of the soldiers and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:251 Kgs 2:341 Kgs 2:461 Sam 22:17-182 Sam 4:10-12Job 5:12Judg 8:20Prov 11:18

2 Samuel 1:16¹⁶David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying ‘I have put the Lord ’s anointed to death.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:25Luke 19:221 Sam 26:9Lev 20:9Rom 3:191 Kgs 2:372 Sam 1:10Josh 2:19Prov 6:21 Kgs 2:32-33

2 Samuel 1:17¹⁷Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:252 Sam 1:19Gen 50:11Jer 9:17-21

2 Samuel 1:18¹⁸(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught “The Bow.” Indeed, it is written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:13Gen 49:8Deut 4:10

2 Samuel 1:19¹⁹“The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:272 Sam 1:25Deut 4:7-8Lam 5:161 Sam 31:82 Sam 1:23Isa 4:2Lam 2:1Zech 11:10Zech 11:7

2 Samuel 1:20²⁰Don’t report it in Gath, don’t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 1:101 Sam 18:6Exod 15:20-21Judg 11:341 Sam 17:261 Sam 17:361 Sam 31:41 Sam 31:8-9Deut 32:26-27Ezek 16:27

2 Samuel 1:21²¹O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 31:1Isa 21:51 Sam 10:11 Chr 10:11 Chr 10:8Ezek 31:15Isa 5:6Jer 20:14-16Job 3:3-10Joel 1:9

2 Samuel 1:22²²From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:4Isa 34:6-71 Sam 14:6-14Deut 32:42

2 Samuel 1:23²³Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:13Judg 14:18Deut 28:49Job 9:26Lam 4:19Prov 30:301 Chr 12:81 Sam 18:11 Sam 20:21 Sam 31:1-5

2 Samuel 1:24²⁴O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:3-51 Tim 2:9-10Isa 3:16-26Jer 2:32Judg 5:30Prov 31:21Ps 68:12

2 Samuel 1:25²⁵How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:192 Sam 1:271 Sam 14:13-15Judg 5:18Lam 5:16

2 Samuel 1:26²⁶I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan. You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 20:171 Sam 18:1-41 Sam 20:411 Sam 19:21 Sam 23:16

2 Samuel 1:27²⁷How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:252 Sam 1:19Ezek 39:9-102 Kgs 2:12Ps 46:92 Kgs 13:14