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## 2 Samuel 1:14-16 in Context (Verses 11–19 KJV)
 
 [11 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/11) Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that *were* with him:
 
 [12 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/12) And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/13) ¶ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence *art* thou? And he answered, I *am* the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/14) And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
 
 [15 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/15) And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, *and* fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/16) And David said unto him, Thy blood *be* upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/17) ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
 
 [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/18) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah *the use of* the bow: behold, *it is* written in the book of Jasher.)*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
 
[1 Samuel 31](/kjv/1-samuel/31) [2 Samuel 2](/kjv/2-samuel/2)

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