2Sa 1:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:17

17: Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan.

2 Chronicles 35:25

  1. The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

Jeremiah 9:17

  1. This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Think about what is going on! Call for the mourners to come.
  2. Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.
  3. Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair, `We are ruined! Disaster has come upon us! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.'"
  4. Listen, you women, to the words of the LORD; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.
  5. For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.

2 Samuel 1:19

  1. Your pride and joy, O Israel, lies dead on the hills! How the mighty heroes have fallen!

Genesis 50:11

  1. The local residents, the Canaanites, renamed the place Abel-mizraim, for they said, "This is a place of very deep mourning for these Egyptians."
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