2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:11And 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 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Psalms 35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:12-17
11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And 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. 13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord… Read the whole commentary →