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2 Samuel 01 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart quotations, songs and poems. The ULB and many other English translations indent all the lines of 1:19-27, which is a song.
This chapter continues the material from 1 Samuel.
Special concepts in this chapter
David's funeral song
David praised Saul and Jonathan as great warriors and Jonathan as his dearest friend.
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Synecdoche
David used two figures of speech to express that Jonathan and Saul were great warriors: "the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)