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2 Samuel 1:17
17David sang this song to remember the death of Saul and his son Jonathan.
2 Samuel 1:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
- New International Version (NIV)David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
Context of 2 Samuel 1:17
15Then David said to one of his own young men, ‘Go and knock him down!’ So the man knocked him down so that he died. 16David had said to the Amalekite, ‘You deserve to die because of what you have said. Your own words show that you did a bad thing. You yourself said, “I have killed the Lord's chosen king.” ’ David sang this song to remember the death of Saul and his son Jonathan. 18He said that the people in Judah should learn this song. Its name is ‘The Bow’. It is written down in the Book of Jashar. 19‘The greatest men of Israel now lie on the mountains. They are dead! Those brave men have fallen to the ground!
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וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־הַקִּינָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את עַל־שָׁא֖וּל וְעַל־יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 1:17
- 2 Samuel 1:19‘The greatest men of Israel now lie on the mountains. They are dead! Those brave men have fallen to the ground!
- Genesis 50:11The Canaanite people who lived near there saw how sad Joseph and his people were. So they gave Atad's threshing floor a different name. They called it ‘Abel Mizraim’. They said, ‘The Egyptians are showing that they are very sad because an important person has died.’
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Jeremiah wrote sad songs about Josiah's death. The male and female singers still sing these songs to remember Josiah, even today. The songs have become something that the people of Israel always like to sing. They are written in a book called ‘The book of sad songs’.
- Jeremiah 9:17The Lord Almighty said this: ‘Think about what is happening! Call the women who weep at funerals. Bring those women who know what to do.’
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17David lamented - See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter, 2 Samuel 1:21; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See similar dirges in 2 Samuel 3:33-34; and 2 Chronicles 35:25.) This and the brief stanza on the death of Abner are the only specimens preserved to us of David‘s secular poetry.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Kasheth, or "the bow," probably was the title of this mournful, funeral song. David does not commend Saul for what he was not; and says nothing of his piety or goodness. Jonathan was a dutiful son, Saul an affectionate father, therefore dear to each other. David had reason to say, that Jonathan's love to him was wonderful. Next to the love between Christ and his people, that affection which springs form it, produces the strongest friendship…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27The forty years of Saul’s reign ended in tragedy. The Philistines struck a devastating blow against his people. They killed Saul’s sons and later mutilated Saul’s body after he took his own life (1 Samuel 31). After these tragic events, the story begins to focus on David and his rise as a leader.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. David lamented with this lamentation--It has always been customary for Eastern people, on the death of great kings and warriors, to celebrate their qualities and deeds in funeral songs. This inimitable pathetic elegy is supposed by many writers to have become a national war song, and to have been taught to the young Israelites under the name of "The Bow," in conformity with the practice of Hebrew and many classical writers in giving titles to their…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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