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19 [a]“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your heights.
    How the mighty have fallen!
20 “Do not mention it in Gath
    or proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon.
Let not the daughters of the Philistines rejoice
    and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
21 “You mountains of Gilboa,
    may no dew or rain fall upon you,
    and may your fields not bring forth grain.
For there the shields of the warriors were tarnished,
    and the shield of Saul is no longer anointed with oil.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:19 Here again we see the immense generosity of spirit that David displayed in spite of his struggles with Saul. A gifted musician, he composed a stirring song, known as “The Song of the Bow,” for the king and his son.