2 Samuel 1:17

And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

In Context

16And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord's anointed.

18(Also he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written in the book of the just.) And he said: Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead, wounded on thy high places.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:11And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And there- fore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.

2 Samuel 3:33And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.

Psalms 35:14As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.

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 →

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