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2 Samuel 1:25 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 25
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.2 Samuel 1:25 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:25 in context
23Saul and Jonathan 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.
24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JonathanYᵉhôwnâthânJehonathan, the name of four IsraelitesH3083 →
- mightygibbôwrpowerfulH1368 →
- fallennâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
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When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of honour he owed to his memory; yet this is not all: we have here a poem he wrote on that occasion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27