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2 Samuel 1:18-20
Good News Translation
2 Samuel 1:18-20
Good News Translation
18 (A)and ordered it[a] to be taught to the people of Judah. (It is recorded in The book of Jashar.)
19 “On the hills of Israel our leaders are dead!
The bravest of our soldiers have fallen!
20 Do not announce it in Gath
or in the streets of Ashkelon.
Do not make the women of Philistia glad;
do not let the daughters of pagans rejoice.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:18 One ancient translation it; Hebrew the bow.
2 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(A)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
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