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# 2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1 is chapter 1 of 24 in the Second Book of Samuel. Here are all 27 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> David mourneth for the death of Saul and Jonathan: he ordereth the man to be slain who pretended he had killed Saul.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 2 Samuel 1 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Now it happened that, after Saul died, David returned from the slaughter of Amalek, and he remained for two days at Ziklag.
2. Then, on the third day, a man appeared, arriving from the camp of Saul, with his garments torn and dust sprinkled on his head. And when he came to David, he fell on his face, and he reverenced.
3. And David said to him, “Where have you come from?” And he said to him, “I have fled from the camp of Israel.”
4. And David said to him: “What is the word that has happened? Reveal it to me.” And he said: “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people have fallen and died. Moreover, Saul and his son Jonathan have passed away.”
5. And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?”
6. And the youth, who was reporting it to him, said: “I arrived by chance on mount Gilboa. And Saul was lying upon his spear. Then the chariots and horsemen drew near to him.
7. And turning behind his back and seeing me, he called to me. And when I had responded, “I am here,”
8. he said to me, “Who are you?” And I said to him, “I am an Amalekite.”
9. And he said to me: “Stand over me, and kill me. For anguish has taken hold of me, and still my whole life is in me.”
10. And standing over him, I killed him. For I knew that he was not able to live after the fall. And I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”
11. Then David, taking hold of his garments, tore them, with all the men who were with him.
12. And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13. And David said to the youth who had reported it to him, “Where are you from?” And he responded, “I am the son of a man who is a new arrival from the Amalekites.”
14. And David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?”
15. And calling one of his servants, David said, “Draw near and rush against him” And he struck him, and he died.
16. And David said to him: “Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, saying: ‘I have killed the Christ of the Lord.’”
17. Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.
18. (And he instructed that they should teach the sons of Judah the bow, just as it is written in the Book of the Just.) And he said: “Consider, O Israel, on behalf of those who are dead, wounded upon your heights:
19. The illustrious of Israel have been killed upon your mountains. How could the valiant have fallen?
20. Do not choose to announce it in Gath, and do not announce it in the crossroads of Ashkelon. Otherwise, the daughters of the Philistines may rejoice; otherwise, the daughters of the uncircumcised may exult.
21. O mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew, nor rain fall over you, and may these not be the fields of the first-fruits. For in that place, the shield of the valiant was cast away, the shield of Saul, as if he had not been anointed with oil.
22. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the strong, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
23. Saul and Jonathan, worthy to be loved, and stately in their life: even in death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
24. O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet finery, who offered ornaments of gold for your adornment.
25. How could the valiant have fallen in battle? How could Jonathan have been slain on the heights?
26. I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan: exceedingly stately, and worthy to be loved above the love of women. As a mother loves her only son, so also did I love you.
27. How could the robust have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished?”

## 2 Samuel 1 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

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 exultent 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?

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 10: “I killed him” … This story of the young Amalecite was not true, as may easily be proved by comparing it with the last chapter of the foregoing book.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Jan 22, 2028 (computed): Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children — First Reading, 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).