2 Samuel 1:19

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2 Samuel 1:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

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:

19 “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.

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2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Deuteronomy 4:7

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Deuteronomy 4:8

And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

1 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.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 53:2

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Lamentations 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.

Zechariah 11:7

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

Zechariah 11:10

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

2 Samuel 1:25

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

2 Samuel 1:27

How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!