and Jonathan be dead?  And he answered it was so by adventure that I came upon the mount of Gilboa, and Saul rested upon his spear, and the horsemen and the chariots of the Philistines approached to himward, and he looked behind him and saw me, and called me, and said to me:  Who art thou?  And I said I am an Amalekite, and then he said:  Stand upon me and slay me, for I am full of anguish, and yet my soul is in me.  And I then standing on him slew him, knowing well that he might not live after the ruin.  And I took the diadem from his head, and the armylle from his arm, which I have brought hither to thee, my lord.  David took and rent his vestment, and all the men that were with him, and wailed and sorrowed much the death of Saul and Jonathan and of all the men of Israel, and fasted that day till even.  And David said to the young man:  Of whence art thou?  And he said:  I am the son of an Amalekite.  And David said to him:  Why dreadedst thou not to put thy hand forth to slay him that is anointed of God?  David called one of his men, and bade him slay him.  And he smote him and slew him.  And David said:  Thy blood be on thy head! thine own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying:  I have slain Saul which was king anointed of our Lord.

David sorrowed and bewailed much the death of Saul and of Jonathan.  After this David counselled with our Lord and demanded if he should go in to one of the cities of Judah.  And our Lord bade him go, and he asked whither, and our Lord said:  Into Hebron.  Then David took his two wives and all the men that were with him, every each with his household, and dwelled in the towns of Hebron.  And thither came the men of Judah and anointed David king to reign upon the tribe of Judah.  And Abner prince of the host of Saul, and other servants of Saul, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and led him about, and made him king over Israel, except the tribe of Judah.  Ishbosheth was forty years when he began to reign, and he reigned two years.  The house of Judah only followed David.  After this it happed that Abner, prince of the host of Ishbosheth, with certain men, went out of the castles, and Joab with certain men of David went also out and ran by the piscine [pool] of Gibeon.  One party was on that one side, and that other on the other.  And Abner said to Joab:  Let our young men play and skirmish together, and Joab agreed.  And there rose twelve of Benjamin, of the party of Ishbosheth, and twelve of the children of David; and when they met together each took other by the head, and roof their swords into each other’s sides and were all there slain.  And there arose a great battle, and Abner and his fellowship were put to flight by the men of David.