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2 Samuel 1:26

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I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant have you been to me: Your love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

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Gath and Ashkelon were prominent Philistine cities, whose inhabitants David does not want celebrating Saul’s defeat; Mount Gilboa was the battlefield where Saul and Jonathan died. Ziklag, David’s Philistine-border refuge before becoming king, underscores the tense setting of David’s lament amid Israel’s conflict with Philistia.

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2 Samuel 1:26 mentions Ashkelon, Gath, Mount Gilboa and Ziklag.

Ashkelon · Hanay
Gath · Ori~
Mount Gilboa · Beivushtang
Ziklag · Danny Gershoni

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