2 Samuel 1:23

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Saul and Jonathan! They were beloved and delightful in their lives; and in their death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots like a windstorm. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun went in, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, Unless you had plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they hotly pursued us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Proverbs 30:30

a lion is a mighty one among beasts, and he does not turn away from facing all;

Job 9:26

they have passed away like the reed ships, as an eagle swoops on food.

1 Samuel 18:1

And it happened, when he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Deuteronomy 28:49

Jehovah shall lift up a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you will not understand,

1 Chronicles 12:8

And of the Gadites, there were separated to David, to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty ones of strength, men of the army for battle, setting shield and spear in order, and their faces the face of a lion, and as gazelles on the heights for swiftness:

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great in deeds; he struck two lionlike men of Moab. And he went down and struck a lion in the middle of a pit in a day of snow.

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said to him, Far be it! You shall not die. Behold, my father shall not do a great thing or a small thing and not reveal it to my ear. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.

2 Samuel 2:18

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles which is in the field.

2 Samuel 1:24

Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet delights, who brought ornaments of gold on your clothing.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His palate is most sweet, and He is, all of Him, One of desire. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.