2 Samuel 1:23
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23 “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their (A)death they were not divided;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were (B)stronger than lions.
Jeremiah 4:13
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13 “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,
And (A)his chariots like a whirlwind.
(B)His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
Judges 14:18
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18 So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down:
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
And he said to them:
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”
Lamentations 4:19
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19 Our pursuers were (A)swifter
Than the eagles of the heavens.
They pursued us on the mountains
And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Proverbs 30:30
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30 A lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn away from any;
Job 9:26
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- Job 9:26 Lit. ships of reeds
1 Samuel 18:1
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Saul Resents David
18 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, (A)the [a]soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, (B)and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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- 1 Samuel 18:1 life of Jonathan was bound up with the life of
Deuteronomy 28:49
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49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, (B)as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,
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1 Chronicles 12:8
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8 Some Gadites [a]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (A)as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
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- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to
2 Samuel 23:20
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20 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from (A)Kabzeel, [a]who had done many deeds. (B)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
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- 2 Samuel 23:20 Lit. great of acts
1 Samuel 31:1-5
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The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons(A)
31 Now (B)the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount (C)Gilboa. 2 Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed (D)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. 3 (E)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 (F)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest (G)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and [b]abuse me.”
But his armorbearer would not, (H)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and (I)fell on it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him.
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- 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
- 1 Samuel 31:4 torture
1 Samuel 20:2
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2 So Jonathan said to him, “By no means! You shall not die! Indeed, my father will do nothing either great or small without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!”
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2 Samuel 2:18
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18 Now the (A)three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was (B)as fleet of foot (C)as a wild gazelle.
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