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2 Samuel 1:18-20
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

18 and he ordered that the Judahites be taught The Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:[a](A)

19 The splendour of Israel lies slain on your heights.
How the mighty have fallen!
20 Do not tell it in Gath,
don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,(B)
and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.

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  1. 1:18 Or of the Upright
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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)

19 “A gazelle[a] lies slain on your heights, Israel.
    How the mighty(B) have fallen!(C)

20 “Tell it not in Gath,(D)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(E)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(F) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(G)

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
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