Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 1:17

2 Samuel chapter 1 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah’s anointed.

v.17This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 9:17

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

  • 2 Samuel 1:19

    Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  • Genesis 50:11

    And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.