2 Samuel 1:19
17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- KJV
- The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
- WEB
- “Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
- ASV
- Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!
- DARBY
- The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
- BLB
- “The beauty, O Israel, on your high places is slain. How the mighty have fallen!
- ÅB
- Din pryd, Israel, ligger ihjelslått på dine hauger; o, at heltene skulle falle!
- OTB
- Din prakt, Israel, ligger drept på dine høyder.
Hvordan de mektige har falt! - B1930
- Din pryd, Israel, ligger ihjelslått på dine hauger; o, at heltene skulde falle!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 1:27
How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:7–8
For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
Read in context2 Samuel 1:25
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
Read in contextLamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Read in contextLamentations 2:1
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
Read in context1 Samuel 31:8
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Read in contextZechariah 11:10
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Read in context