2 Samuel 1:19
'The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places [is] wounded; How have the mighty fallen!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
In Context
18and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: —
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:8And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,
2 Samuel 1:25How have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded!
Isaiah 4:2In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel.
Lamentations 2:1How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven [to] earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.
Zechariah 11:7And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:18-27
David's Lamentation for Jonathan. ( b. c. 1055.) 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,… Read the whole commentary →