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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:25 - 1:25
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The second strophe (2Sa 1:25 and 2Sa 1:26) only applies to the friendship of Jonathan:
25 Oh how are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan (is) slain upon thy heights!
26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
Thou wast very kind to me:
Stranger than the love of woman was thy love to me!
2Sa 1:25 is almost a verbal repetition of 2Sa 1:19. צַר (2Sa 1:26) denotes the pinching or pressure of the heart consequent upon pain and mourning. × Ö´×¤Ö°×œÖ°×ַתָה, third pers. fem., like a verb הל with the termination lengthened (vid., Ewald, §194, b.), to be wonderful or distinguished. ×ַהֲבָתְךָ, thy love to me. Comparison to the love of woman is expressive of the deepest earnestness of devoted love.