2 Samuel 1:20-22

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^20 (A)Tell it not in Gath,
    ^(B)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
^(C)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of ^(D)the uncircumcised exult.
^21 (E)“You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you,
    nor fields of offerings!^[a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, not ^(F)anointed with oil.
²² “From the blood of the slain,
    from the fat of the mighty,
^(G)the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
    and the sword of Saul returned not empty.