2 Samuel 1:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Sha’ul and for Yehonathan his son, and for the people of יהוה and for the house of Yisra’ĕl, because they had 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 all the people came to cause Dawiḏ to eat food while it was still day, but Dawiḏ swore, saying, “Elohim do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or whatever else till the sun goes down!”

Proverbs 24:17

Do not exult when your enemy falls, And let not your heart rejoice when he stumbles;

Jeremiah 9:1

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

Amos 6:6

who are drinking wine from bowls, and anoint with the finest ointments, yet they have not been pained over the breach of Yosĕph!

Matthew 5:44

“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those insulting you and persecuting you,

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn inwardly?

1 Peter 3:8

To sum up, let all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble-minded,

1 Samuel 31:13

And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Yaḇĕsh, and fasted for seven days.

1 Samuel 31:6

Thus Sha’ul died, and three of his sons, and his armour-bearer, also all his men, together on that day.