2 Samuel 1:25 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 1:25

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

KJV

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

How are the mighty fallen - The recurrenee of the same idea 2Sa 1:19, 2Sa 1:25, 2Sa 1:27 is perfectly congenial to the nature of elegy, since grief is fond of dwelling upon the particular objects of the passion, and frequently repeating them. By unanimous consent this is considered one of the most beautiful odes in the Bible, and the generosity of David in thus mourning for his enemy and persecutor, Saul, enhances the effect upon the mind of the reader.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֚יךְ	'eikh	how!	H349 →
נָפְל֣וּ	na.fe.Lu	they have fallen	H5307 →
גִבֹּרִ֔ים	gi.bo.Rim	[the] mighty [ones]	H1368 →
בְּת֖וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in [the] middle of	H8432 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	ha.mil.cha.Mah	the battle	H4421 →
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן	ye.Ho.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3083 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָ	ba.mo.Tei.kha	high places your	H1116 →
חָלָֽל׃	cha.Lal	[is] slain	H2491 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 5:18
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
leads to
- Judges 4:10
  where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
Through
Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
leads to
- Psalms 89:39
  You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Isaiah 3:9–11
  The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Through
2 Samuel 1:27
How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:19
  “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- Psalms 46:9
  He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Ezekiel 39:9–10
  Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they…
Through
2 Samuel 1:19
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:27
  How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
- Deuteronomy 4:7–8
  For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?