2 Samuel 1:17

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

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”

18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

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Cross References

Genesis 50:11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

2 Samuel 3:33The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Psalms 35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns 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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