2 Samuel 1:17

And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16and David saith unto him, 'Thy blood [is] on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I — I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.'

18and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: —

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Cross References

Genesis 50:11and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, 'A grievous mourning [is] this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath [one] called its name 'The mourning of the Egyptians,' which [is] beyond the Jordan.

2 Samuel 3:33and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: — 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

Psalms 35:14As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

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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