2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: 1 Comely were they in their life, and in their death they were not divided: 1 They were swifter than eagles, 1 And they were stronger than lions. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

In Context

22From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, 1 The bow of Jonathan returned not empty; 1 And the sword of Saul turned not back empty. 1

24Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, 1 Who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, 1 Who added golden ornaments to your apparel. 1

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Cross References

Judges 14:18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, 1 What is sweeter than honey? 1 And what is stronger than a lion? and Samson said to them, 1 If ye had not plowed with my heifer, 1 Ye would not have known my riddle.

1 Samuel 20:2And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do anything great or small without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? this thing is not so.

2 Samuel 2:18And there were there the three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

1 Chronicles 12:8and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, and the men of Gedor.

Proverbs 30:30A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast;

Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, 1 They flew on the mountains, 1 In the wilderness they laid wait for us. 1

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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