Elegy

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Bible verses about “Elegy”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• 2 Samuel 1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
• 2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
• 2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
• 2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
• 2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
• 2 Samuel 1:23Saul 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.
• 2 Samuel 1:24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
• 2 Samuel 1:25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
• 2 Samuel 1:26I 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.
• 2 Samuel 1:27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
• 2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
• 2 Samuel 3:34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.