Cross references
2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life,
were not divided in death.
They were swifter than eagles;
they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:23 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 4:13 (6 votes) and Judges 14:18 (4 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 28 to Revelation 4.
Which verses does 2 Samuel 1:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jeremiah 4:136 votes
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Judges 14:184 votes
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- Deuteronomy 28:493 votes
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Job 9:263 votes
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Proverbs 30:303 votes
a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
- Lamentations 4:193 votes
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 18:12 votes
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 31:1–52 votes
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. …
- 2 Samuel 23:202 votes
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 12:82 votes
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- 1 Samuel 20:21 vote
- 2 Samuel 2:181 vote
Which verses point to 2 Samuel 1:23?
The 10 strongest of 14.