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2 Samuel 1:12

World English Bible

They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

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2 Samuel 1:12 in other translations

and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 1:12 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 1:12 in context

  1. 10So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
  2. 11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
  3. 12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
  4. 13David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
    He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
  5. 14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”