Jonathan: David's Covenant Friend (9): David Laments for Jonathan (II Samuel 1:17-27) by Rev. Martyn McGeown
I. Extolling the Virtues of the Fallen
II. Expressing Great Grief
III. Leaving Us With Questions
John Gill: “So he was [a brother], not only by nation and religion, but by affinity, having married the sister of Jonathan; and still more so by affection and friendship, he being a friend of David’s, that stuck closer to him than a brother, and who loved him as his own soul; he was distressed for him, not on account of his spiritual and eternal state, which he doubted not was happy, but for the manner of his death, his loss of him, and want of his pleasant conversation, of his counsel and advice, and assistance in his present circumstances.”