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2 Samuel 1:16-18
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 1:16-18
International Standard Version
16 David told him, “Your blood is on your own head, because your own words[a] testified against you! After all, you said, ‘I myself have killed the Lord’s anointed!’”
David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan
17 So David intoned this song of lament about Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 and he gave orders[b] to teach the descendants of Judah the art of warfare,[c] as is recorded in the Book of Jashar:[d]
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- 2 Samuel 1:16 Lit. mouth
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. he said
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. Judah the bow; or Judah the Song of the Bow; i.e., David’s lament in vs. 19-27
- 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. the Book of the Upright; i.e. an ancient chronicle of Israel, apparently now lost.
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