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2 Samuel 1:16-18
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 1:16-18
English Standard Version
16 And David said to him, (A)“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed (B)the Lord's anointed.’”
David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 And David (C)lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, 18 and he said it[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in (D)the Book of Jashar.[b] He said:
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- 2 Samuel 1:18 Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Or of the upright
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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