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2 Samuel 1:27

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How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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  1. 2 Samuel 1:25Rank 1 from verse 27
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    25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

  2. 2 Samuel 1:19Rank 2 from verse 27
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    19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

  3. Ezekiel 39:9–10Rank 3 from verse 27
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    9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

    10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.

  4. Psalms 46:9Rank 4 from verse 27
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    9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

  5. 2 Kings 2:12Rank 5 from verse 27
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    12¶ And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

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2 Samuel 1:27

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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fallen

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1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

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26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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