When David hears of the battlefield deaths of Saul and Jonathan, the biblical narrative is interrupted by a remarkable heroic lament in 2 Samuel 1. We glimpse David, the warrior soon-to-be king, offering an emotional and raw poem as an expression of his grief. The text affords an opportunity to explore the role of lament over the death of friends and enemies, the complex and human character of David, and the power of poetry in the biblical story.
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