2 Samuel 1:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.

Cross References

Genesis 50:11

When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan.

2 Samuel 1:19

“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 3:33

The king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a custom in Israel; they are recorded in the Laments.

Psalm 35:14

as though I grieved for a friend or a brother; I went about as one who laments for a mother, bowed down and in mourning.

Ezekiel 32:16

This is a lamentation; it shall be chanted. The women of the nations shall chant it. Over Egypt and all its hordes they shall chant it, says the Lord God.