2 Samuel 1:17

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

Brenton Septuagint

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 thine own head; for thy mouth has + 1:16 Gr. answered.testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

18And he + 1:18 Gr. told.gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of + 1:18 Gr. straight, or right, sometimes upright, as of a man. Heb. Jasher.Right.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:11And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt, which is beyond Jordan.

2 Samuel 3:33And the king mourned over Abenner, and said, Shall Abenner die according to the death of Nabal?

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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