2 Samuel 1:23

Modern English Version

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful, neither in life nor death will they be separated. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and jewels, who adorned your garments with gold jewelry.

2 Samuel 2:18

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as fast as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 12:8

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor, men of the war battalion, who could handle shield and sword, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains, separated themselves for David in the stronghold in the wilderness:

Job 9:26

They pass by like reed skiffs, like an eagle rushing upon its prey.

Proverbs 30:30

the lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and does not turn away from anything;

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether lovely. He is my lover and he is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

Lamentations 4:19

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

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Judges 14:18

So on the seventh day before sunset, the men of the city said to Samson, “What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?” Then he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”

1 Samuel 18:1

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small that he does not reveal to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”