# 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]]) 

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* __[2 Samuel 01:01 Notes](./01.md)__
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