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2 Samuel 1:16-18
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 1:16-18
Common English Bible
16 “Your blood is on your own head,” David said to the Amalekite, “because your own mouth testified against you when you admitted, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
David mourns Saul and Jonathan
17 Then David sang this funeral song[a] for Saul and his son Jonathan. 18 David ordered everyone in Judah to learn the Song of the Bow.[b] (In fact, it is written in the scroll from Jashar.)
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- 2 Samuel 1:17 Or lament
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Heb lacks Song.
2 Samuel 1:16-18
King James Version
2 Samuel 1:16-18
King James Version
16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.
17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
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