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 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen! More versionsKing 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 upon your high places.
On that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory 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, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
How the Lord in his anger has humiliated daughter Zion! He has thrown down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
I took my staff Favor and broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
So on behalf of the sheep merchants, I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. I took two staffs; one I named Favor, the other I named Unity, and I tended the sheep.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.