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2 Samuel 1:27 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 27
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!2 Samuel 1:27 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:27 in context
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)
- perishedʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- weaponskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- mightygibbôwrpowerfulH1368 →
- fallennâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- warmilchâmâha battleH4421 →
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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