In Context

14 And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

15 And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, 'Draw nigh — fall upon him;' and he smiteth him, and he dieth;

16 and David saith unto him, 'Thy blood is on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I — I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.'

17 And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

18 and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: —

19 The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places is wounded; How have the mighty fallen!

2 Samuel 1:17 in Other Translations