2 Samuel 1:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² They were very sad and cried. They did not eat until evening. They cried because Saul and his son Jonathan were dead. David and his men cried for the Lord’s people {that had been killed}, and they cried for Israel. They cried because Saul, his son Jonathan, and many Israelites had been killed in battle.

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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

All day long people came to encourage David to eat food. But David had made a special promise. He said, “May God punish me and give me many troubles if I eat bread or any other food before the sun goes down.”

Proverbs 24:17

Don’t be happy when your enemy has troubles. Don’t be happy when he falls.

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Amos 6:6

You drink wine in fancy cups. {\cf2\super [79]} \par You use the best perfumes.\par And you are not even upset that Joseph’s family is being destroyed.\par

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those people that do bad things to you.

2 Corinthians 11:29

I feel weak every time another person is weak. I feel upset inside myself every time another person is led into sin.

1 Peter 3:8

So all of you should live together in peace. Try to understand each other. Love each other like brothers. Be kind and humble.

1 Samuel 31:13

Then these people took the bones of Saul and his three sons and buried them under the big tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh showed their sadness—they did not eat for seven days.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, and the boy who carried his armor all died together that day.