“(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)”

2 Samuel 1:18 (KJV) |

2 Samuel 1:18

From 2 Samuel 1, in the Book of 2 Samuel (Old Testament).

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16

And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.

17

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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