2 Samuel 1:17
וַיְקֹנֵן דָּוִד אֶת ־ הַקִּינָה הַזֹּאת עַל ־ שָׁאוּל וְעַל ־ יְהוֹנָתָן בְּנֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
In Context
18וַיֹּאמֶר לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵֽי ־ יְהוּדָה קָשֶׁת הִנֵּה כְתוּבָה עַל ־ סֵפֶר הַיָּשָֽׁר ׃
Cross References
Genesis 50:11וַיַּרְא יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת ־ הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָֽאָטָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵֽבֶל ־ כָּבֵד זֶה לְמִצְרָיִם עַל ־ כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן ׃
2 Samuel 3:33וַיְקֹנֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ אַבְנֵר וַיֹּאמַר הַכְּמוֹת נָבָל יָמוּת אַבְנֵֽר ׃
Psalms 35:14כְּרֵֽעַ ־ כְּאָח לִי הִתְהַלָּכְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל ־ אֵם קֹדֵר שַׁחֽוֹתִי ׃
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 →