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Gill's Exposition
How are the mighty fallen,.... This is the burden of this elegiac song, being the third time it is mentioned:
and the weapons of war perished! not only the valiant soldiers were killed, but their…
When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
How are the mighty fallen This thrice-repeated refrain sounds the keynote of the elegy. Cp. Psa 42:5; Psa 42:11; Psa 43:5; Psa 107:8; Psa 107:15; Psa 107:21; Psa 107:31.
the weapons of war…
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