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Jonathan
Son of King Saul and the beloved friend of David, killed in battle on Mount Gilboa. Rilke's 'Klage um Jonathan' renders David's elegy (2 Samuel 1), whose love 'passed the love of women.'
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- New Poems: The Other Part §8 kings
David's elegy over Jonathan, Saul's son and his beloved friend, fallen in battle (2 Samuel 1); 'thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.'
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