Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The splendour of Israel lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your glory, O Israel, is slain upon your high places. How have the mighty fallen! American Standard Version (1901) Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! Common English Bible Oh, no, Israel! Your prince lies dead on your heights. Look how the mighty warriors have fallen! Catholic Public Domain Version The illustrious of Israel have been killed upon your mountains. How could the valiant have fallen? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: How are the valiant fallen? |
Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.
How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
Next I took my staff called Favour and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.
So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favour and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.