The Bible › World English Bible › 2 Samuel 1
2 Samuel 1:17
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
2 Samuel 1:17 · World English Bible
← PreviousRead 2 Samuel 1Next →
2 Samuel 1:17 in other translations
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”
17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
18 (and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
19 “Your glory, Israel, was 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.
Read 2 Samuel 1 in the app The whole chapter