2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
In Context
18and said — To teach the sons of Judah the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jashar:
Cross References
Genesis 50:11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?
Psalms 35:14I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.
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 →