2 Samuel 1:23 continues the same lament, describing Saul and Jonathan's swiftness and strength—directly connected.

2 Samuel 1:25 repeats the refrain 'How are the mighty fallen!' from the same lament, directly continuing the theme.

2 Samuel 1:27 closes the lament with 'How are the mighty fallen!', echoing the refrain of verse 19.

In 2 Samuel 1:17, this lament is introduced as David's song over Saul and Jonathan, giving the setting for the elegy.

1 Samuel 31:8 records the Philistines finding Saul's corpse on Mount Gilboa, the event David laments as 'beauty of Israel' slain.

Lamentations 2:1 uses the identical phrase 'beauty of Israel' cast down, echoing David's lament over a later national tragedy.

Ezekiel 26:17 uses a similar lament formula ('How you are destroyed...') over Tyre, echoing the same elegiac pattern as David's cry.