2 Samuel 1:19

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 1:19

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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WEB

World English Bible

“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 1

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

¹⁸ and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song 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!

²⁰ Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

²¹ O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

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