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## 2 Samuel 1:19-24 in Context (Verses 16–27 KJV)
 
 [16 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/16) And David said unto him, Thy blood *be* upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/17) ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
 
 [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/18) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah *the use of* the bow: behold, *it is* written in the book of Jasher.)*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
 
 [20 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/20) Tell *it* not in Gath, publish *it* not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/21) Ye mountains of Gilboa, *let there be* no dew, neither *let there be* rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, *as though he had* not *been* anointed with oil.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/22) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/23) Saul and Jonathan *were* lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.*
 
 [24 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/24) Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with *other* delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/25) How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, *thou wast* slain in thine high places.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/26) 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.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/2-samuel/1/27) How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
 
[1 Samuel 31](/kjv/1-samuel/31) [2 Samuel 2](/kjv/2-samuel/2)

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