2 Samuel 1:19

“Israel, the glorious one lies dead on your mountains. How the mighty have fallen!

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In The King James Version

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

In Context

18He ordered it to be taught to the people of Judah. It is called “The Bow” and is recorded in the Book of the Just:

20Don't announce it in the town of Gath, don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, so that the Philistine women won't rejoice, so that the heathen women won't celebrate.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 31:8The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 1:25How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies dead on your mountains.

Isaiah 4:2But at that time, the “branch of the Lord” will be attractive and glorious; the fruit the land produces will be the pride and glory of the survivors who are left in Israel.

Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has spread a cloud of his anger over the Daughter of Zion! He has thrown down Israel's glory from heaven to earth. He has deserted his Temple from the time he became angry.

Zechariah 11:7So I became a shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter by the sheep merchants. Then I took two staffs, one named Grace, the other named Union, and I shepherded the flock.

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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