"How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights. I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women."
I grieve for you
Jeremiah 22:18-19 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: "They will not mourn for him: 'Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!' They will not mourn for him: 'Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!' He will have the burial of a donkey--dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 34:4-5 " 'Yet hear the promise of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword; you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire in honor of your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, "Alas, O master!" I myself make this promise declared the LORD.' "
Jonathan
2 Samuel 1:17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, . . .
my brother
1 Samuel 20:42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying 'The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.' " Then David left and Jonathan went back to the town.
Your love for me was wonderful
1 Samuel 18:1 After David finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
NOTES:
1 Samuel 20:13-16
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Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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