17David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,


In Context

14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"

15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.

16 For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the Lord 's anointed.' "

17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

18 and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):

19 "Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

2nd Samuel 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: