KJV King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
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2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
WEB World English Bible
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
ASV American Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 1
14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’S anointed?
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.
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.
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2 Chronicles 35:25And 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.2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!Genesis 50:11And 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 Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.Jeremiah 9:17-21Thus 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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