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2 Samuel 1:17

2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

David lamented - See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter, Sa2 1:21 (note).

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 1:17-27

When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–19212 Samuel 1:17-27

David's lamentation for Saul and Jonathan

17. lamented with this lamentation The technical expression for a…

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