2 Samuel 1:27

World English Bible (2000)

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! Jonathan is slain on your high places.
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 "Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
  • Ezek 39:9-9 : 9 Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them 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 make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    19 "Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

    20 Don't tell it in Gath. Don't publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

    21 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

    22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return empty.

    23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. 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 delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

    25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

    26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

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

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

    6 The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

  • 2 Sam 1:9-12
    4 verses
    77%

    9 He said to me, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.'

    10 So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord."

    11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

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

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    76%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    75%

    22 So 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 who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

  • Isa 3:25
    73%

    25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

  • 2 Sam 3:38
    73%

    38 The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Chr 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

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

  • 1 Sam 14:13
    73%

    13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.

  • 1 Sam 31:1-6
    6 verses
    72%

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

    2 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

    3 The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

    4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

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

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

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    72%

    8 It happened 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 2:4
    72%

    4 "The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    72%

    8 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

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

    2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 22:39
    71%

    39 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can't arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.

  • 2 Sam 3:34
    71%

    34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.

  • Ps 76:3
    70%

    3 There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    70%

    15 David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.

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

    16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.

    17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count now, and see who is missing from us." When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 14:20
    70%

    20 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

    39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

  • Job 17:11
    69%

    11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

  • Ezek 32:20
    69%

    20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.

  • Isa 21:15
    69%

    15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

  • 2 Chr 29:9
    69%

    9 For, behold, 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%

    35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

  • Prov 7:26
    69%

    26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

  • Judg 5:27
    69%

    27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

  • Ps 76:5
    69%

    5 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.