1. 2 Samuel 1:19 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who are the mighty that have fallen?

2 Samuel 1:19 (ESV)

19 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

The mighty is a reference to Saul and Jonathan as well as the other warriors of Israel who have fallen in the recent battle against the Philistines on Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:1–13).1