2 Samuel 1:19 contains the identical refrain 'How the mighty have fallen' that is repeated here, reinforcing the lament's structure.

2 Samuel 1:27 repeats the same refrain 'How the mighty have fallen' with an added line about weapons, closing the poem.

1 Samuel 14:13-15 recounts Jonathan's heroic attack on the Philistines, showing the valor that makes his fall here so tragic.

Lamentations 5:16 laments 'The crown has fallen from our head' — a similar cry of downfall, though for Jerusalem's sin rather than Jonathan.