2 Samuele 1:27

27 Come mai son caduti i prodi? Come mai sono state infrante le loro armi?"

2 Samuele 1:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:27

How are the mighty fallen
This is the burden of this elegiac song, being the third time it is mentioned:

and the weapons of war perished!
not only the valiant soldiers were killed, but their arms were lost; and particularly he may mean Saul and Jonathan, who as they were the shields of the people, so they were the true weapons and instruments of war, and with them all military glory perished; which must be understood as a poetical figure, exaggerating their military characters; otherwise David, and many mighty men with him, remained, and who revived and increased the military glory of Israel, as the following history shows.

2 Samuele 1:27 In-Context

25 Come mai son caduti i prodi in mezzo alla pugna? Come mai venne ucciso Gionathan sulle tue alture?

26 Io sono in angoscia a motivo di te, o fratel mio Gionathan; tu m’eri sommamente caro, e l’amor tuo per me era più maraviglioso che l’amore delle donne.

27 Come mai son caduti i prodi? Come mai sono state infrante le loro armi?"