The Hebrew word translated as glory
can also be translated as gazelle.
An image is thus presented of a majestic buck, the master of the rugged hills of Israel, lying dead on the top of a mountain.1 This would be a very undesirable and unpleasant sight to come across in nature; likewise the death of Saul and Jonathan, the national heroes of Israel.2
19 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!