2 Samuel 1:2-11

2On the third day, behold, 1a man came out of the camp from Saul, 2with his clothes torn and 3dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that 4he fell to the ground and prostrated himself. 3Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.” 4David said to him, “5How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.” 5So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” 6The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on 6Mount Gilboa, and behold, 7Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. 7When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’ 8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I 8answered him, ‘9I am an Amalekite.’ 9Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my 10life still lingers in me.’ 10So I stood beside him 11and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And 12I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

11Then 13David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.