The words "lamented" and "lamentation" must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy (see similar dirges in [Refer…

Lamented with this lamentation. —This is the technical expression for a funeral dirge or elegy, such as David also compos…

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over
Jonathan his son .
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Kasheth, or “the bow,” probably was the title of this mournful, funeral song. David does not commend Saul for what he was not, and says nothing of …