2 Samuel 1:19-21

International Children’s Bible

¹⁹ “Israel, your leaders have been killed on the hills.
    How the mighty men have fallen in battle!
²⁰ Don’t tell it in Gath.
    Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon.
If you do, the daughters of the Philistines will be happy.
    The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.

²¹ “May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa.
    May their fields produce no grain.
This is because there the mighty warrior’s shield was dishonored.
    Saul’s shield was no longer rubbed with oil.