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2 Samuel 1:16-18
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 1:16-18
English Standard Version
16 And David said to him, (A)“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed (B)the Lord's anointed.’”
David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 And David (C)lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, 18 and he said it[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in (D)the Book of Jashar.[b] He said:
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- 2 Samuel 1:18 Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Or of the upright
2 Samuel 1:16-18
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:16-18
New International Version
16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.(A) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 David took up this lament(B) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(C) 18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(D)
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