2 Samuel 1:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ “Sha’ul and Yehonathan were beloved And pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In their lives and in their deaths they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

Common English Bible

²³ Saul and Jonathan! So well loved, so dearly cherished! In their lives and in their deaths they were never separated. They were faster than eagles, stronger than lions!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Saul and Jonathan, worthy to be loved, and stately in their life: even in death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 1:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

“Daughters of Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 2:18

And there were three sons of Tseruyah there, Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benayahu was the son of Yehoyaḏ

1 Chronicles 12:8

And some Gaḏ

Job 9:26

They have passed by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.

Proverbs 30:30

A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from facing all;

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is most sweet, And he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Yerushalayim!

Jeremiah 4:13

“See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses shall be swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we shall be ravaged!”

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They came hotly after us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 28:49

“יהוה  brings a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to be, when he had ended speaking to Sha’ul, that the being of Yehonathan was knit to the being of Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 20:2

And Yehonathan said to him, “Far be it! You are not going to die! See, my father does no big matter nor small matter without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this matter from me? It is not so!”