These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Samuel 1
Tanakh 27 verses
- 1 And it came to pass after the death of , when was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and had abode two days in Ziklag;
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it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head; and so it was, when he came to , that he fell to the earth, and prostrated himself.
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And said unto him: ‘From whence comest thou?’ And he said unto him: ‘Out of the camp of am I escaped.’
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And said unto him: ‘How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me.’ And he answered: ‘The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and and his son are dead also.’
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And said unto the young man that told him: ‘How knowest thou that and his son are dead?’
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And the young man that told him said: ‘As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.
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And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered: Here am I.
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- 8 And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.
- 9 And he said unto me: Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me, for the agony hath taken hold of me; because my life is just yet in me.
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So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen; and I took the that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.’
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Then took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.
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And they wailed, and wept, and fasted until even, for , and for his son, and for the people of , and for the house of ; because they were fallen by the sword.
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And said unto the young man that told him: ‘Whence art thou?’ And he answered: ‘I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.’
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And said unto him: ‘How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Yahweh’S anointed?’
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And called one of the young men, and said: ‘Go near, and fall upon him.’ And he smote him that he died.
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And said unto him: ‘Thy be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying: I have slain Yahweh’S anointed.’
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And lamented with this lamentation over and over his son,
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and said—To teach the sons of the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jashar:
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- 19 Thy beauty, O , upon thy high places is slain! How are the mighty fallen!
- 20 Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
- 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, Neither fields of choice fruits; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of , not anointed with oil.
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From the of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of turned not back, And the sword of returned not empty.
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- 23 and , the lovely and the pleasant In their lives, even in their death they were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
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Ye daughters of , weep over , Who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
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How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! upon thy high places is slain!
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I am distressed for thee, my brother ; Very pleasant hast thou been unto me; Wonderful was thy to me, Passing the of women.
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How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!
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