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20 Don’t tell it in Gath.
    Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon.
If you do, the Philistine women will be happy.
    The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.

21 “May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa,
    and may their fields produce no grain,
because there the mighty warrior’s shield was dishonored.
    Saul’s shield will no longer be rubbed with oil.
22 Jonathan’s bow did not fail
    to kill many soldiers.
Saul’s sword did not fail
    to wound many strong men.

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