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2 Samuel 1:16-20

2 Samuel 1:16

And David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have finished off the Lord’s anointed.’ ” David’s Song of Mourning for Saul and Jonathan

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Samuel 1:18

and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the mourning song of the bow; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.

2 Samuel 1:19

“Your beauty, Israel, is slaughtered on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 1:20

“Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, The daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.