Saul and His Son Jonathan Are Also Dead

David asked, how do you know that saul and his son jonathan are dead? And the young man who told him said, by chance, i happened to be on mount gilboa, and there was saul leaning upon his spear. So i stood beside him and slew him, because i was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. Then david took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for saul and for jonathan, his son,. The people of the lord and for the house of israel, because they had fallen by the sword