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David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan

17 So David intoned this song of lament about Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 and he gave orders[a] to teach the descendants of Judah the art of warfare,[b] as is recorded in the Book of Jashar:[c]

19 “Your beauty, Israel, lies slain on your high places!
    O, how the valiant have fallen!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. he said
  2. 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. Judah the bow; or Judah the Song of the Bow; i.e., David’s lament in vs. 19-27
  3. 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. the Book of the Upright; i.e. an ancient chronicle of Israel, apparently now lost.