2 Samuel 1:2-11

2And on the third day, behold, 1a man came from 2Saul’s camp 3with his clothes torn and 4dust on his head. And it happened when he came to David, 5he 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, “6How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” 5Then 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 7Mount Gilboa, and behold, 8Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen had overtaken him. 7When he looked behind himself, he saw me, and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’ 8Then he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I 9answered him, ‘10I am an Amalekite.’ 9And he said to me, ‘Please stand next to me and finish me off, for 11agony has seized me because my 12life still lingers in me.’ 10So I stood next to him 13and finished him off, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And 14I took the crown which was on his head and the band which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

11Then 15David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.