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2 Samuel 1:17-21

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 1:18

He ordered it to be taught to the people of Judah. It is called “the Bow” and is recorded in the Book of the Just:

2 Samuel 1:19

“Israel, the glorious one lies dead on your mountains. How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 1:20

Don't announce it in the town of Gath, don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, so that the Philistine women won't rejoice, so that the heathen women won't celebrate.

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa, may no dew or rain fall on you! May you have no fields that produce offerings of grain. For it was there that the shield of the mighty was defiled; Saul's shield, no longer cared for with olive oil.