1:17 Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.
1:23 Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved 1 during their lives,
and not even in their deaths were they separated.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
2:12 Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
4:1 When Ish-bosheth 2 the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, 3 and all Israel was afraid.
1 tn Heb “beloved and dear.”
1 tn The MT does not specify the subject of the verb here, but the reference is to Ish-bosheth, so the name has been supplied in the translation for clarity. 4QSama and the LXX mistakenly read “Mephibosheth.”
2 tn Heb “his hands went slack.”