Christian Huff

were killed the way they were killed.

And it was bad for Israel as well because then David, you know, he's at war with the Philistines for the whole first part of 2 Samuel.

Because the last is always more important than the first, which he's made that point in the literary.

Yeah, that's a great point.

And then he elevates them together in verse 23 by saying, Saul and Jonathan, beloved and dear, in their life and death, they were not parted.

They were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions.

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and bangles, who studded your garments with jewelries of gold.

How have the warriors fallen in the midst of battle?

Jonathan, upon your height slain, I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan.

Very dear to you are me, more wondrous your love to me than the love of women.

which was a powerful statement.

I mean, it just shows you the bond that was there.

But I love it because in the words of a poet, this also showed you how much he loved, you know, God's people.

anointed leadership.

And he's basically saying, nobody had more disagreements with Saul than me, but we're going to lift him up.

I thought about that recently because we had a former vice president pass away this past week.

And he's a person that I grew to disagree with a lot politically over the course of the end of his life.

But I thought, this man served honorably.

He

He served as a vice president, kind of what we were talking about earlier.