“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:19 - English Standard Version 2016 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your glory, O Israel, is slain upon your high places. How have the mighty fallen! American Standard Version (1901) Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! Common English Bible Oh, no, Israel! Your prince lies dead on your heights. Look how the mighty warriors have fallen! Catholic Public Domain Version The illustrious of Israel have been killed upon your mountains. How could the valiant have fallen? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: How are the valiant fallen? |
“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
“How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! “Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.