2 Samuel 1:17
Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
In Context
18(It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:
Cross References
Genesis 50:11And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.
2 Samuel 3:33And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
Psalms 35:14My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:12-17
11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord , and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord… Read the whole commentary →