Verse 9

2 Samuel 1:9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י עֲמָד נָ֤א עָלַ/י֙ וּ/מֹ֣תְתֵ֔/נִי כִּ֥י אֲחָזַ֖/נִי הַ/שָּׁבָ֑ץ כִּֽי כָל ע֥וֹד נַפְשִׁ֖/י בִּֽ/י

English Translation

And he said to me, "Stand by me, and you will kill me, for the seizure has taken hold of me, for all my soul is still in me."

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Chapter 1 Context

1 Now it came to pass, after Saul was dead, that David returned from the slaughter of the Amalecites,... Focus ↗

2 And on the third day, there appeared a man who came out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent, and... Focus ↗

3 And David said to him: From whence comest thou? And he said to him: I am fled out of the camp of Isr... Focus ↗

4 And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are f... Focus ↗

5 And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are... Focus ↗

6 And the young man that told him, said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his... Focus ↗

7 And looking behind him, and seeing me, he called me. And I answered, Here am I. Focus ↗

8 And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite. Focus ↗

9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life...

10 So standing over him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not live after the fall: and I took the... Focus ↗

11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him. Focus ↗

12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the... Focus ↗

13 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stran... Focus ↗

14 David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed? Focus ↗

15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he... Focus ↗

16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, s... Focus ↗

17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Focus ↗

18 (Also he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written... Focus ↗

19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen? Focus ↗

20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines... Focus ↗

21 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfrui... Focus ↗

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, a... Focus ↗

23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were... Focus ↗

24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in delights, who gave ornaments... Focus ↗

25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain in the high places? Focus ↗

26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of wom... Focus ↗

27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished? Focus ↗

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