2 Samuel 1:25

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
  • 2 Sam 1:27 : 27 How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!
  • Lam 5:16 : 16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
  • Judg 5:18 : 18 The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.
  • 1 Sam 14:13-15 : 13 Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them. 14 In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre. 15 Then fear overwhelmed those who were in the camp, those who were in the field, all the army in the garrison, and the raiding bands. They trembled and the ground shook. This fear was caused by God.

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  • 2 Sam 1:26-27
    2 verses
    89%

    26I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

    27How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!

  • 2 Sam 1:19
    84%

    19The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

  • 2 Sam 1:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

    17David’s Tribute to Saul and Jonathan Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

    12They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4David inquired,“How were things going? Tell me!” He replied,“The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”

    5David said to the young man who was telling him this,“How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

    6The young man who was telling him this said,“I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

  • 2 Sam 1:21-24
    4 verses
    81%

    21O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil.

    22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty.

    23Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

    24O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

  • 1 Sam 31:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1The Death of Saul Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

    2The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

    3Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.

  • 1 Sam 14:13
    79%

    13Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them.

  • 1 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Saul’s Death Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

    2The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    76%

    22So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

  • 1 Sam 14:41-45
    5 verses
    75%

    41Then Saul said,“O LORD God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O LORD God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim.” Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated.

    42Then Saul said,“Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!” Jonathan was indicated by lot.

    43So Saul said to Jonathan,“Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him,“I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”

    44Saul said,“God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”

    45But the army said to Saul,“Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.

  • 1 Sam 20:41
    75%

    41When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    74%

    1Saul Comes to Fear David When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    74%

    17So Saul said to the army that was with him,“Muster the troops and see who is no longer with us.” When they mustered the troops, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    74%

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    74%

    39For as surely as the LORD, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything.

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    74%

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Chr 10:5
    73%

    5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

  • 2 Sam 3:38
    73%

    38Then the king said to his servants,“Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 31:5
    73%

    5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
    73%

    21The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    73%

    12he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead.(They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.)

  • 1 Sam 20:30-32
    3 verses
    72%

    30Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?

    31For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”

    32Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    72%

    1Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.

  • 1 Sam 19:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

    6Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath,“As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death.”

    7Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.

  • 2 Sam 3:34
    71%

    34Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.”All the people wept over him again.

  • 2 Sam 21:21
    71%

    21When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    71%

    13But if my father intends to do you harm, may the LORD do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the LORD be with you, as he was with my father.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    71%

    1Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer,“Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.

  • 1 Sam 20:11
    71%

    11Jonathan said to David,“Come on. Let’s go out to the field.”When the two of them had gone out into the field,