2 Samuel 1:23

New Messianic Version Bible

Sha’ul [desired] and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] [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.

Cross References

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 unto us! for we are spoiled.

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said unto 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 unto them, If you2f had not plowed with my heifer, you2f had not found out my riddle.

Lamentations 4:19

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Proverbs 30:30

A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;

Job 9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hastes to the prey.

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Sha’ul [desired], that the soul of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] was knit with the soul of David [beloved], and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] loved him as his own soul.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall bring a nation against youi from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue youi shall not understand;

1 Chronicles 12:8

And of the Gadi [my fortune] [A Troop] there separated themselves unto David [beloved] into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler (round shielf held with a grip), whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

2 Samuel 23:20

And B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows], the son of a valiant man, of Kavtze’el [God Gathers], who had done many acts, he killed two lionlike men of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said unto him, God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] forbid; youi shall not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it [is] not [so].

2 Samuel 2:18

And there were three sons of Tz’ruyah [balsam] there, Yo’av [Yehovah is father], and Avishai [my father is a gift], and ‘Asah’el [God-made]: and ‘Asah’el [God-made] [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.

2 Samuel 1:24

You2f daughters of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], weep over Sha’ul [desired], who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth [is] most sweet: yes, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].