2 Samuel 1:23

23 “Saul e Jônatas, mui amados,nem na vida nem na morteforam separados.Eram mais ágeis que as águias,mais fortes que os leões.

2 Samuel 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives,
&c.] To one another, had no quarrel or difference with each other, only on the account of David; otherwise they agreed together in the court, and in the camp, in their councils, and in their conduct:

and in their death they were not divided;
neither from the people, nor from one another; Jonathan stuck close by his father to the last; which is observed to clear him from any imputation of conspiracy against him:

they were swifter than eagles;
in the quick dispatch of business, in hasting to the relief of the distressed, as Saul to the men of Jabeshgilead, and in the pursuit of their enemies, as of the Philistines, more than once:

they were stronger than lions;
fighting with their enemies, who became an case prey to them; and what is stronger than a lion among beasts? ( Judges 14:18 ) ( Proverbs 30:30 ) ; or swifter than an eagle among birds, which is said to cut the air with its wings ^F24?

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Aelian. Hist. Animal. l. 15. c. 22. Vid. Ciceron. de Divinatione, l. 2. prope finem.

2 Samuel 1:23 In-Context

21 “Ó colinas de Gilboa,nunca mais haja orvalho nem chuva sobre vocês,nem campos que produzam trigo para as ofertas.Porque ali foi profanado o escudo dos guerreiros,o escudo de Saul, que nunca mais será polido com óleo.

22 “Do sangue dos mortos,da carne dos guerreiros,o arco de Jônatas nunca recuou,a espada de Saul sempre cumpriu a sua tarefa.

23 “Saul e Jônatas, mui amados,nem na vida nem na morteforam separados.Eram mais ágeis que as águias,mais fortes que os leões.

24 “Chorem por Saul,ó filhas de Israel!Chorem aquele que as vestia de rubros ornamentose que suas roupas enfeitava com adornos de ouro.

25 “Como caíram os guerreiros no meio da batalha!Jônatas está morto sobre os montes de Israel.