C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 1:25-26
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2 Samuel1:25-26
2Sa 1:25-26
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. צר (2Sa 1:26) denotes the pinching or pressure of the heart consequent upon pain and mourning. נפלאתה, third pers. fem., like a verb הל with the termination lengthened (vid., Ewald, §194, b.), to be wonderful or distinguished. אהבתך, thy love to me. Comparison to the love of woman is expressive of the deepest earnestness of devoted love.
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