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10 So I stood next to him and killed him, because I knew that he wouldn’t live after he had fallen. I took the crown that had been on his head, along with the bracelet that had been on his arm, and I have brought them to your majesty.”[a]

11 On hearing this,[b] David grabbed his clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were attending to him. 12 They mourned and wept, and then decided to fast[c] until dusk for Saul, for his son Jonathan, for the army of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen in battle.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:10 Lit. my lord; and so throughout the book
  2. 2 Samuel 1:11 Lit. Then
  3. 2 Samuel 1:12 Lit. wept, fasting
  4. 2 Samuel 1:12 Lit. fallen by the sword