2 Samuel 1:17

17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

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.

2 Samuel 1:17 In-Context

15 David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. He struck him, so that he died.

16 David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.

17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

18 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

19 Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How are the mighty fallen!