2 Samuel 1:17 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁷ David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Then David sang this funeral song for Saul and his son Jonathan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

2 Samuel 1:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 50:11

When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, they said, ‘The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.’ That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.

2 Samuel 1:19

‘A gazelle lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 3:33

The king sang this lament for Abner: ‘Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.

Psalm 35:14

I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

Ezekiel 32:16

‘This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.’