2 Samuel 1:26

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son. ¹⁷ Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan, ¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: ¹⁷ David sang a funeral song about Saul and his son Jonathan, ¹⁷ Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan. ¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son: ¹⁷ David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son ¹⁷Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan, ¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, ¹⁷ Forsooth Dauid biweilide sych a weilyng on Saul, and on Jonathas, his sone;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy love: 1 Samuel 18:1-4, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 23:16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:6 - which is 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan 2 Samuel 9:1 - show him 2 Samuel 19:30 - Yea Proverbs 17:17 - General Proverbs 18:24 - there Jeremiah 22:18 - Ah my brother Matthew 19:5 - cleave

Cross-References

Genesis 1:2
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2
The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water.

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2
Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.

Genesis 1:2
the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan,.... So he was, not only by nation and religion, but by affinity, having married the sister of Jonathan; and still more so by affection and friendship, he being a friend of David's, that stuck closer to him than a brother, and who loved him as his own soul; he was distressed for him, not on account of his spiritual and eternal state, which he doubted not was happy, but for the manner of his death, his loss of him, and want of his pleasant conversation, of his counsel and advice, and assistance in his present circumstances:

very pleasant hast thou been unto me; in their friendly visits of, and conversation with, one another; many a pleasant hour had they spent together, but now must see each other's faces no more in this world:

thy love to me was wonderful; as indeed he might well say, being towards one of a mean extract in comparison of his, to one who was not his own brother, but a brother-in-law; and to one that was a rival to the crown he was heir to, and would take it before him: and who ran the risk of losing his father's affection, and even his life, for espousing his cause: see 1 Samuel 18:1;

passing the love of women; either that which they are loved with by men, or that with which they love their husbands and children; which is generally the strongest and most affectionate. The Targum is,

"more than the love of two women,''

than his two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail; so Kimchi; meaning that he was more strongly and affectionately loved by Jonathan than by them, who yet might love him very well too.