Quotes about Loss
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
- 1 Samuel 4:2
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Samuel 4:21
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 4:22
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
- 1 Samuel 30:3
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
- 1 Samuel 30:4
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- 1 Samuel 31:2
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
- 1 Samuel 31:5
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
- 1 Samuel 31:6
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:8
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
- 2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- 2 Samuel 1:17
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- 2 Samuel 1:19