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2 Samuel 1:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 1:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”(A)
17 David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.(B) 18 (He ordered that The Song of the Bow[a] be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said,(C)
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- 1.18 Heb that The Bow
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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