2 Samuel 1:12 - Plain English Version

¹² They cried until the sun went down, and they didn’t eat anything. Lots of God’s people died, so they were sad for them too, their countrymen, the Israel mob. (We have not yet translated 1:13-27.)

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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.

2 Samuel 1:12 Cross References

Matthew 5:44

But I’m telling you to do more than that. You have to love your enemies too. And if anyone makes trouble for you, pray to God and ask him to be good to them.

1 Peter 3:8

Now all of you listen to this too. Remember that you are all in the same family, so you have to think the same way about what is right. And you have to care for each other properly. Don’t think you are great. Try to understand how other people are feeling and be good to them.

1 Samuel 31:13

and buried the bones under the big tree there. For the next 7 days they ate no food. They just sat sadly together and felt sorry for Saul.

1 Samuel 31:6

That’s how Saul died, and his sons, and the man that carried his shield, and his soldiers. They all died on that day.