2S 1 (King James)

¹ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
² It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
³ And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
⁴ And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
⁵ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
⁶ And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
⁷ And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
⁸ And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
⁹ He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
¹⁰ So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
¹¹ Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
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 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 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
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 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 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
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 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
²⁰ Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
²¹ Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
²² From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
²³ Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
²⁴ Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
²⁵ How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
²⁷ How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

2S 1 (Vulgate)

¹ Factum est autem, postquam mortuus est Saul, ut David reverteretur a cæde Amalec, et maneret in Siceleg duos dies.
² In die autem tertia apparuit homo veniens de castris Saul veste conscissa, et pulvere conspersus caput : et ut venit ad David, cecidit super faciem suam, et adoravit.
³ Dixitque ad eum David : Unde venis ? Qui ait ad eum : De castris Israël fugi.
⁴ Et dixit ad eum David : Quod est verbum quod factum est ? indica mihi. Qui ait : Fugit populus ex prælio, et multi corruentes e populo mortui sunt : sed et Saul et Jonathas filius ejus interierunt.
⁵ Dixitque David ad adolescentem qui nuntiabat ei : Unde scis quia mortuus est Saul, et Jonathas filius ejus ?
⁶ Et ait adolescens qui nuntiabat ei : Casu veni in montem Gelboë, et Saul incumbebat super hastam suam : porro currus et equites appropinquabant ei,
⁷ et conversus post tergum suum, vidensque me, vocavit. Cui cum respondissem : Adsum :
⁸ dixit mihi : Quisnam es tu ? Et aio ad eum : Amalecites ego sum.
⁹ Et locutus est mihi : Sta super me, et interfice me : quoniam tenent me angustiæ, et adhuc tota anima mea in me est.
¹⁰ Stansque super eum, occidi illum : sciebam enim quod vivere non poterat post ruinam : et tuli diadema quod erat in capite ejus, et armillam de brachio illius, et attuli ad te dominum meum huc.
¹¹ Apprehendens autem David, vestimenta sua scidit, omnesque viri qui erant cum eo,
¹² et planxerunt, et fleverunt, et jejunaverunt usque ad vesperam super Saul, et super Jonathan filium ejus, et super populum Domini, et super domum Israël, eo quod corruissent gladio.
¹³ Dixitque David ad juvenem qui nuntiaverat ei : Unde es tu ? Qui respondit : Filius hominis advenæ Amalecitæ ego sum.
¹⁴ Et ait ad eum David : Quare non timuisti mittere manum tuam ut occideres christum Domini ?
¹⁵ Vocansque David unum de pueris suis, ait : Accedens irrue in eum. Qui percussit illum, et mortuus est.
¹⁶ Et ait ad eum David : Sanguis tuus super caput tuum : os enim tuum locutum est adversum te, dicens : Ego interfeci christum Domini.
¹⁷ Planxit autem David planctum hujuscemodi super Saul, et super Jonathan filium ejus
¹⁸ (et præcepit ut docerent filios Juda arcum, sicut scriptum est in libro justorum), et ait : [Considera, Israël, pro his qui mortui sunt, super excelsa tua vulnerati.
¹⁹ Inclyti Israël super montes tuos interfecti sunt : quomodo ceciderunt fortes ?
²⁰ Nolite annuntiare in Geth, neque annuntietis in compitis Ascalonis : ne forte lætentur filiæ Philisthiim ; ne exsultent filiæ incircumcisorum.]
²¹ [Montes Gelboë, nec ros, nec pluvia veniant super vos, neque sint agri primitiarum : quia ibi abjectus est clypeus fortium : clypeus Saul, quasi non esset unctus oleo.]
²² [A sanguine interfectorum, ab adipe fortium, sagitta Jonathæ numquam rediit retrorsum, et gladius Saul non est reversus inanis.
²³ Saul et Jonathas amabiles, et decori in vita sua, in morte quoque non sunt divisi : aquilis velociores, leonibus fortiores.]
²⁴ [Filiæ Israël, super Saul flete, qui vestiebat vos coccino in deliciis, qui præbebat ornamenta aurea cultui vestro.]
²⁵ [Quomodo ceciderunt fortes in prælio ? Jonathas in excelsis tuis occisus est ?
²⁶ Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha, decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum. Sicut mater unicum amat filium suum, ita ego te diligebam.
²⁷ Quomodo ceciderunt robusti, et perierunt arma bellica ?]