Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 1:27

27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished?

Either, 1. Metaphorically so called; to wit, Saul and Ionathan, and the brave Commanders and Soldiers of Israel; who might have been called, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. Or rather, 2. Properly: for together with the Men, their Arms were lost, which was a very great aggravation of their loss, and that loss seems to be at this time more irrecoverable and dangerous, than the loss of their men.