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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 1:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 1:19 |
Strong Concordance |
The beauty [06643] of Israel [03478] is slain [02491] upon thy high places [01116]: how are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] ! |
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King James |
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places--literally, "the gazelle" or "antelope of Israel." In Eastern countries, that animal is the chosen type of beauty and symmetrical elegance of form.
how are the mighty fallen!--This forms the chorus. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The beauty ... - i. e. Saul and Jonathan who were the chief ornament and pride of Israel, and slain upon "high places" Sa2 1:25, namely, on Mount Gilboa. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The ode is arranged in three strophes, which gradually diminish in force and sweep (viz., Sa2 1:19-24, Sa2 1:25-26, Sa2 1:27), and in which the vehemence of the sorrow so gradually modified, and finally dies away. Each strophe opens with the exclamation, "How are the mighty fallen!" The first contains all that had to be said in praise of the fallen heroes; the deepest mourning for their death; and praise of their bravery, of their inseparable love, and of the virtues of Saul as king. The second commemorates the friendship between David and Jonathan. The third simply utters the last sigh, with which the elegy becomes silent. The first strophe runs thus:
19 The ornament, O Israel, is slain upon thy heights!
Oh how are the mighty fallen!
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 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let now dew or rain be upon you, or fields of first-fruit offerings:
For there is the shield of the mighty defiled,
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
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 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and kind, in life
And in death they are not divided.
Lighter than eagles were they; stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you in purple with delight;
Who put a golden ornament upon your apparel!
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! The first clause of Sa2 1:19 contains the theme of the entire ode. הצּבי does not mean the gazelle here (as the Syriac and Clericus and others render it), the only plausible support of which is the expression "upon thy heights," whereas the parallel גּבּורים shows that by הצּבי we are to understand the two heroes Saul and Jonathan, and that the word is used in the appellative sense of ornament. The king and his noble son were the ornament of Israel. They were slain upon the heights of Israel. Luther has given a correct rendering, so far as the sense is concerned (die Edelsten, the noblest), after the inclyti of the Vulgate. The pronoun "thy high places" refers to Israel. The reference is to the heights of the mountains of Gilboa (see Sa2 1:21). This event threw Israel into deep mourning, which commences in the second clause. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Beauty - Their flower and glory. Saul and Jonathan, and their army. High places - Heb. upon thy high places; that is, those which belong to thee, O land of Israel. How - How strangely! How suddenly! How universally! |
25 How are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] in the midst [08432] of the battle [04421]! O Jonathan [03083], thou wast slain [02491] in thine high places [01116].
21 Ye mountains [02022] of Gilboa [01533], let there be no dew [02919], neither let there be rain [04306], upon you, nor fields [07704] of offerings [08641]: for there the shield [04043] of the mighty [01368] is vilely cast away [01602], the shield [04043] of Saul [07586], as though he had not been anointed [04899] with oil [08081].
19 The beauty [06643] of Israel [03478] is slain [02491] upon thy high places [01116]: how are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] !
27 How are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307], and the weapons [03627] of war [04421] perished [06] !
25 How are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] in the midst [08432] of the battle [04421]! O Jonathan [03083], thou wast slain [02491] in thine high places [01116].
26 I am distressed [06887] for thee, my brother [0251] Jonathan [03083]: very [03966] pleasant [05276] hast thou been unto me: thy love [0160] to me was wonderful [06381], passing the love [0160] of women [0802].
19 The beauty [06643] of Israel [03478] is slain [02491] upon thy high places [01116]: how are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] !
20 Tell [05046] it not in Gath [01661], publish [01319] it not in the streets [02351] of Askelon [0831]; lest the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430] rejoice [08055], lest the daughters [01323] of the uncircumcised [06189] triumph [05937].
21 Ye mountains [02022] of Gilboa [01533], let there be no dew [02919], neither let there be rain [04306], upon you, nor fields [07704] of offerings [08641]: for there the shield [04043] of the mighty [01368] is vilely cast away [01602], the shield [04043] of Saul [07586], as though he had not been anointed [04899] with oil [08081].
22 From the blood [01818] of the slain [02491], from the fat [02459] of the mighty [01368], the bow [07198] of Jonathan [03083] turned [07734] not back [0268], and the sword [02719] of Saul [07586] returned [07725] not empty [07387].
23 Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] were lovely [0157] and pleasant [05273] in their lives [02416], and in their death [04194] they were not divided [06504]: they were swifter [07043] than eagles [05404], they were stronger [01396] than lions [0738].
24 Ye daughters [01323] of Israel [03478], weep over [01058] Saul [07586], who clothed [03847] you in scarlet [08144], with other delights [05730], who put [05927] on ornaments [05716] of gold [02091] upon your apparel [03830].