2 Samuel 1 · Verse 26

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 1:26, King James Version

2 Samuel 1:26 in other translations

BSBI grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
WEBI am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.
ASVI am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
YLTI am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!
DARBYI am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love.
BBEI am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.
WebsterI am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been to me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

What does 2 Samuel 1:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:24-27

24-27. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, &c.--The fondness for dress, which anciently distinguished Oriental women, is their characteristic still. It appears in their love of bright, gay, and divers colors, in profuse display of ornaments, and in various other forms. The inmost depths of the poet's feeling are stirred, and his amiable disposition appears in the…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:17-27

Kasheth, or "the bow," probably was the title of this mournful, funeral song. David does not commend Saul for what he was not; and says nothing of his piety or goodness. Jonathan was a dutiful son, Saul an affectionate father, therefore dear to each other. David had reason to say, that Jonathan's love to him was wonderful. Next to the love between Christ and his people, that affection which springs form it, produces…

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2 Samuel 1:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צַר\־tzar-it is distressH6887
לִ֣יlito <the> me
עָלֶ֗יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921
אָחִי֙'a.ChiO brother myH251
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןye.Ho.na.TanJonathanH3083
נָעַ֥מְתָּna.'Am.tayou were pleasantH5276
לִּ֖יlito <the> me
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966
נִפְלְאַ֤תָהnif.le.'A.tahit was wonderfulH6381
אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙'a.ha.va.te.Khalove yourH160
לִ֔יLito <the> me
מֵאַהֲבַ֖תme.'a.ha.Vatmore than [the] love ofH160
נָשִֽׁים\׃na.ShimwomenH802

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 1:26

  • 1 Samuel 20:17

    And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

  • 1 Samuel 20:41

    And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

  • 1 Samuel 18:1-4

    And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

  • 1 Samuel 23:16

    And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

  • 1 Samuel 19:2

    But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

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thy love.
1Sa 18:1-4; 19:2; 20:17,41; 23:16

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 1:25

    How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

  • 2 Samuel 1:26

    I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

  • 2 Samuel 1:27

    How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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2 Samuel 1:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío Jonathán, que me fuiste muy dulce: más maravilloso me fué tu amor, que el amor de las mujeres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je suis dans l’angoisse à cause de toi, Jonathan, mon frère! Tu étais pour moi plein de charmes; ton amour pour moi était merveilleux, plus grand que l’amour des femmes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mir ist wehe um dich, mein Bruder Jonathan! holdselig warst du mir sehr; wunderbar war mir deine Liebe, mehr als Frauenliebe!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha, decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum. Sicut mater unicum amat filium suum, ita ego te diligebam.