2 Samuel 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

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  • 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.
  • Jer 9:17-21 : 17 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come: 18 Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water. 19 For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house. 20 But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief. 21 For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
  • Gen 50:11 : 11 And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

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  • 2 Sam 1:11-13
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    11Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

    12And 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.

    13And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.

  • 2 Sam 1:22-27
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    22From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

    23Saul 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.

    24O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

    25How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

    26I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

    27How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
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    4And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

    5And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

    6And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    15And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
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    2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
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    1Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
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    1And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

    2And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

  • 1 Sam 20:41
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    41And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

  • 2 Sam 21:12-13
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    12And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:

    13And 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.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
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    2And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-33
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    32And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

    33And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
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    4And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

    5For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

    6And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

    7Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
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    22So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

  • 2 Sam 2:5
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    5And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

  • 1 Sam 14:39
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    39For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
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    1And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 1:18
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    18(It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:

  • 2 Sam 19:1
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    1And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

  • 1 Sam 20:1
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    1And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

  • 1 Sam 14:44
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    44And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Chr 10:11-12
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    11And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
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    17Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.

  • 1 Sam 18:3
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    3Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

  • 1 Sam 23:18
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    18And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
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    8Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
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    28And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,