Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely [were they] in their life, and in their death they were not divided: [they were] swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.

For what manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatsoever we may call upon Him?

And what manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law, which I set before you this day?

And it came to pass on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gilboa.

And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel.

We brought a report as [of] a child before Him; [He is] as a root in a thirsty land; He has no form, nor comeliness; and we saw Him, but He had no form nor beauty.

ALEPH. How has the Lord darkened in His wrath the daughter of Zion! He has cast down the glory of Israel from heaven to earth, and has not remembered His footstool.

And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Canaan: and I will take for Myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.

And I will take My beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break My covenant which I made with all the people.

How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon your high places!

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

The crown has fallen from our head: yea, woe to us! For we have sinned.