2 Samuel 1:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
  • Jer 9:17-21 : 17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilled 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 our dwellings have cast us out.' 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you 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 has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, 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, therefore the name of it was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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

    11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

    12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

    13 And David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

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

    22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

    23 Saul 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.

    24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

    25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high places.

    26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been to me: your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.

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

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4 And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please, tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people are also fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead as well.

    5 And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

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

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

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

    16 And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    79%

    2 The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    79%

    1 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to 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%

    1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

    2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in David; and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you; now therefore, I pray you, be on guard until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:

  • 1 Sam 20:41
    78%

    41 And 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%

    16 And it came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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

    12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa:

    13 And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
    77%

    2 And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    77%

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

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

    32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?

    33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
    4 verses
    76%

    4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you:

    5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

    6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:31
    76%

    31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    75%

    22 So it came to pass on 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 they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
    75%

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

  • 2 Sam 2:5
    75%

    5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    75%

    39 For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    75%

    1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    75%

    57 When David returned from killing 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 (Also he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    75%

    1 And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 20:1
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    74%

    44 Saul said, "God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    74%

    31 When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

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

    11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12 All 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%

    17 Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 18:3
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:18
    74%

    18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD; and David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    74%

    8 And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
    74%

    28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: