The Philistines kill Saul and Jonathan. The man who tells David about their death thinks he will be happy that the man who was trying to kill him has been killed himself. But David is devastated! He is sad for Israel, her king, and his best friend. So, he writes a funeral song for them that was put in a book in their remembrance. He wanted everyone to remember their first king as a mighty warrior who had been good for the country. He wished no pain on Saul and respected his position as king until the Lord chose to remove him.

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