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David mourns Saul and Jonathan

17 Then David sang this funeral song[a] for Saul and his son Jonathan. 18 David ordered everyone in Judah to learn the Song of the Bow.[b] (In fact, it is written in the scroll from Jashar.)

19 Oh, no, Israel! Your prince[c] lies dead on your heights.[d]
    Look how the mighty warriors have fallen!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:17 Or lament
  2. 2 Samuel 1:18 Heb lacks Song.
  3. 2 Samuel 1:19 Or gazelle or splendor or splendid one
  4. 2 Samuel 1:19 Correction

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