2 Samuel 1:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
  • Jer 9:17-21 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come: 18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings. 20 Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation. 21 For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
  • Gen 50:11 : 11 And 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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 1:11-13
    3 verses
    85%

    11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

    12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

    13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

  • 2 Sam 1:22-27
    6 verses
    83%

    22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

    23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

    24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

    25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

    26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

    27How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

    5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

    6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    79%

    2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    79%

    1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

    2And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • 1 Sam 20:41
    78%

    41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    78%

    16And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 2 Sam 21:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;

    13and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
    77%

    2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    77%

    17And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

    33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
    4 verses
    76%

    4And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

    5for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

    6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
    76%

    31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    75%

    22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
    75%

    1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

  • 2 Sam 2:5
    75%

    5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    75%

    39For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    75%

    1And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    75%

    57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 1:18
    75%

    18(and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    75%

    1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    74%

    1And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

  • 1 Sam 20:1
    74%

    1And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    74%

    44And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    74%

    31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 1 Chr 10:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    74%

    17Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 18:3
    74%

    3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

  • 1 Sam 23:18
    74%

    18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    74%

    8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
    74%

    28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: