2 Samuel 1:19-27

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁹ “Your glory, Isra’el, lies dead on your high places!
How the heroes have fallen!
²⁰ Don’t speak of it in Gat;
don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon;
then the daughters of the P’lishtim won’t rejoice,
the daughters of the uncircumcised won’t gloat.

²¹ “Mountains of Gilboa — may there be on you
no dew, no rain, no fields with good crops;
because there the shields of the heroes were dishonored,
the shield of Sha’ul was no longer rubbed with oil.

²² “From the blood of the dead, from the flesh of heroes,
the bow of Y’honatan did not retreat
or the sword of Sha’ul return unsatisfied.
²³ Sha’ul and Y’honatan, loved and gracious while alive,
were not separated even in death;
they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

²⁴ “Daughters of Isra’el, weep over Sha’ul!
He clothed you luxuriously in scarlet
and put gold jewelry on your clothing.

²⁵ “How the heroes have fallen in the heat of battle,
Y’honatan killed on your high places!
²⁶ I grieve for you, my brother Y’honatan,
you meant so much to me!
Your love for me was deeper
than the love of women.
²⁷ How the heroes have fallen
and the weapons of war perished”