2 Samuel 1:17

Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

18and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

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Cross References

Genesis 50:11When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

2 Samuel 3:33And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

Psalms 35:14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning 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 →

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