TOPICAL BIBLE
Elegy
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2 Samuel 1:17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son2 Samuel 1:19“Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!2 Samuel 1:20Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.2 Samuel 1:21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.2 Samuel 1:24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.2 Samuel 1:25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.2 Samuel 1:27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!”2 Samuel 3:33The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?2 Samuel 3:34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.
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