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2 Samuel 1:18-20
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 1:18-20
International Standard Version
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!
20 Don’t make it known in Gath!
Don’t declare it in the avenues of Ashkelon!
Otherwise, the daughters of Philistia will rejoice;
and the daughters of the uncircumcised will triumph.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. he said
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. Judah the bow; or Judah the Song of the Bow; i.e., David’s lament in vs. 19-27
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. the Book of the Upright; i.e. an ancient chronicle of Israel, apparently now lost.
2 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(A)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
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