2 Samuel 1:25

How the mighty have fallen || In the midst of the battle! Jonathan [was] wounded on your high places!

Literal Standard Version

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

24Daughters of Israel! Weep for Saul, || Who is clothing you [in] scarlet with delights. Who is lifting up ornaments of gold on your clothing.

26I am in distress for you, my brother Jonathan, || You were very pleasant to me; Your love was wonderful to me, || Above the love of women!

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Cross References

Judges 5:18Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, || Naphtali also—on high places of the field.

2 Samuel 1:19“The beauty of Israel || [Is] wounded on your high places; How the mighty have fallen!

Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen [from] our head, || Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.

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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