23. “We loved Saul and Jonathan.We enjoyed them while they lived.Saul and Jonathan are together even in death.They were faster than eagles.They were stronger than lions.
24. “You daughters of Israel, cry for Saul.Saul clothed you with red dresses.He put gold decorations on your dresses.
25. “How the mighty men have fallen in battle!Jonathan is dead on Gilboa’s hills.
26. I cry for you, my brother Jonathan.I enjoyed your friendship so much.Your love to me was wonderful,more wonderful than the love of women.
27. “How the mighty men have fallen in battle!The weapons of war are gone.”