2 Samuel 1:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and dear, separated neither in life nor death, swifter than eagles, stronger than lions!

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:13

See! like storm clouds he advances, like a whirlwind, his chariots; Swifter than eagles, his horses: “Woe to us! we are ruined.”

Judges 14:18

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, “What is sweeter than honey, what is stronger than a lion?” He replied to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky, In the mountains they were hot on our trail, they ambushed us in the wilderness.

Proverbs 30:30

The lion, mightiest of beasts, retreats before nothing;

Job 9:26

They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.

1 Samuel 18:1

By the time David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan’s life became bound up with David’s life; he loved him as his very self.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will raise up against you a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, that swoops down like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

1 Chronicles 12:8

Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, from Gedor.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, a valiant man of mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also, he went down and killed the lion in the cistern on a snowy day.

1 Samuel 20:2

Jonathan answered him: “Heaven forbid that you should die! My father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. Why, then, should my father conceal this from me? It cannot be true!”

2 Samuel 2:18

The three sons of Zeruiah were there—Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel, who was as fleet of foot as a gazelle in the open field,

2 Samuel 1:24

Women of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and in finery, covered your clothing with ornaments of gold.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is sweetness itself; he is delightful in every way. Such is my lover, and such my friend, Daughters of Jerusalem!