5 Types of Songs in the Bible That Aren't Psalms
Annette Griffin
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2 Samuel 1:17
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David's Dirge for Saul and Jonathan
17 Then David 1chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,2 Samuel 1:17 Study Resources
2 Samuel 1:17 Meaning and Commentary
2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over
Jonathan his son.
] Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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2 Samuel 1:17 In-Context
15
And David called one of the young men and said, "Go, cut him down." So he struck him and he died.
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David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.' "
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Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,
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and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.
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"Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How have the mighty fallen!
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2 Chronicles 35:25
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