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2 Samuel 1:17

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Grief

15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.

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!

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BSB
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
KJV
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
WEB
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
ASV
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
DARBY
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;
BLB
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
ÅB
Og David kvad denne klagesang over Saul og hans sønn Jonatan,
OTB
Deretter komponerte David denne klagesangen for Saul og hans sønn Jonatan,
B1930
Og David kvad denne klagesang over Saul og hans sønn Jonatan,

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:19

    The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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  • Genesis 50:11

    And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

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  • Jeremiah 9:17–21

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

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