23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not [a]divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, which clothed you in scarlet, [b]with pleasures, and hanged ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

25 How were the mighty slain in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:23 They died both together in Gilboa.
  2. 2 Samuel 1:24 As rich garments and costly jewels.

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