18 and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in (A)the book of Jashar.

19 [a]Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
(B)How have the mighty fallen!
20 (C)Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or (D)the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of (E)the uncircumcised will exult.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:19 Lit The

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)

19 “A gazelle[a] lies slain on your heights, Israel.
    How the mighty(B) have fallen!(C)

20 “Tell it not in Gath,(D)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(E)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(F) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.