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2 Samuel 1:19

Grief

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.)

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, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

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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.

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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 are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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  • Deuteronomy 4:7–8

    For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

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  • 2 Samuel 1:25

    How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

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  • Lamentations 5:16

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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  • Lamentations 2:1

    How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

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  • 1 Samuel 31:8

    And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

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  • Isaiah 4:2

    In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

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  • Zechariah 11:10

    And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

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