2 Samuel 1:12
And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.
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- 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!
- Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. 14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
- Prov 24:17 : 17 Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
- Jer 9:1 : 1 If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
- Amos 6:6 : 6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
- Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
- 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?
- 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
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17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:
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23 Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.
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4 Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.
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13 And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.
14 And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.
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19 The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!
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31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
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13 And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.
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16 And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.
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26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.