ELEGY

Passages on this topic · 12

• 2 Samuel 1:17

  David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

• 2 Samuel 1:19

  “Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

• 2 Samuel 1:20

  Don’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 1:21

  You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

• 2 Samuel 1:22

  From 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 1:23

  Saul 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 1:24

  You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

• 2 Samuel 1:25

  How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places.

• 2 Samuel 1:26

  I 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 1:27

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

• 2 Samuel 3:33

  The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

• 2 Samuel 3:34

  Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.