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2 Samuel 1:25

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

KJV

Quomodo ceciderunt fortes in prælio ? Jonathas in excelsis tuis occisus est ?

Vulgate

πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πολέμου· Ἰωναθάν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματίαι.

LXX

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

ASV

אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבֹּרִ֔ים בְּ/ת֖וֹךְ הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן עַל בָּמוֹתֶ֖י/ךָ חָלָֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Jonathan

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
yhvntn
proper_noun · 80×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:19 — The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
  • 2Sam 1:19 — The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
  • 2Sam 1:27 — How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
  • 2Sam 1:27 — How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
  • Ezek 26:17 — And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,