2 Samuel 1:27

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 1:25 : 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
  • Ezek 39:9-9 : 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • 2 Sam 1:19-26
    8 verses
    89%

    19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

    20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

    21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

    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, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

    25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine 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.

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That 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 be dead?

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

  • 2 Sam 1:9-12
    4 verses
    77%

    9He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

    10So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

    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 the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    76%

    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  • 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.

  • Isa 3:25
    73%

    25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

  • 2 Sam 3:38
    73%

    38And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Chr 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

    5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

  • 1 Sam 14:13
    73%

    13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

  • 1 Sam 31:1-6
    6 verses
    72%

    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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

    3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

    4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

    5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

    6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    72%

    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 2:4
    72%

    4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 22:39
    71%

    39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

  • 2 Sam 3:34
    71%

    34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

  • Ps 76:3
    70%

    3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

    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 armourbearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 14:20
    70%

    20And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

    39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • Job 17:11
    69%

    11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

  • Ezek 32:20
    69%

    20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

  • Isa 21:15
    69%

    15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

  • 2 Chr 29:9
    69%

    9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    69%

    35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • Prov 7:26
    69%

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

  • Judg 5:27
    69%

    27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

  • Ps 76:5
    69%

    5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.