King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 1:19
“The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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