2 Samuel 1:12 - American King James Version (1999)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² They mourned and wept for Saul and Jonathan his son, and fasted until evening for the Lord's people and the house of Israel, because of their defeat in battle.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² They mourned and cried and fasted until evening for Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s army, and the whole house of Israel, because they had died by the sword.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening 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.

2 Samuel 1:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:35

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

Proverbs 24:17

Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles:

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Amos 6:6

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brothers, be pitiful, be courteous:

1 Samuel 31:13

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Samuel 31:6

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