How are the mightie fallen, and the weapons of warre perished! 2 Samuel 1:27 (KJV) This verse is part of a lament that David composed upon hearing about the deaths…
“I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.” Context:This verse is…
“How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.” This verse is part of a lamentation that David…
Yee daughters of Israel, weepe ouer Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of golde vpon your apparell. 2 Samuel 1:24 (KJV) Historical Context:…
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph. 2 Samuel 1:20…
“And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.” Context:This verse is part of a larger passage where David mourns the deaths of Saul, the…
“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’S anointed?” Context:The book of 2 Samuel records the events following…
And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntill Euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his sonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because…