2 Samuel 1:25

How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

In Context

24O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

26I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

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Cross References

Judges 5:18It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

2 Samuel 1:19The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

Lamentations 5:16The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:18-27

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. ( b. c. 1055.) 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,… Read the whole commentary →

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