2 Samuel 1:17
Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
In Context
18(Also he bade them teach the children of Iudah to shoote, as it is written in the booke of Iasher)
Cross References
Genesis 50:11And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.
2 Samuel 3:33And the King lamented ouer Abner, and sayde, Dyed Abner as a foole dyeth?
Psalms 35:14I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth 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 →