2 Samuel 1:25

25 “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

2 Samuel 1:25 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
English Standard Version (ESV)
25 "How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!"Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
New Living Translation (NLT)
25 Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies dead on the hills.
The Message Bible (MSG)
25 The mighty warriors - fallen, fallen in the middle of the fight! Jonathan - struck down on your hills!
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
25 See how the mighty have fallen in battle! On your hills Jonathan was killed!
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan [lies] slain on your heights.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
25 "Your mighty men have fallen in battle. Jonathan lies dead on your hills.

2 Samuel 1:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
&c.] The mighty and valiant men of war, the common soldiers as well as their general officers, whose loss David mourns, and the repetition of shows how much it affected him:

O Jonathan, [thou wast] slain in thine high places;
in the high places of the land of Israel, the mountains of Gilboa, which though high, and in his own country, could not protect him from his enemies, and from falling by their hands: he who had been so valiant and victorious a prince, and yet he fell, not in an enemy's country, but his own.

2 Samuel 1:25 In-Context

23 Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 “Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25 “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
27 “How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!”
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