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16 and David said to the Amalekite, “You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the Lord chose to be king.”

David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan

17 David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 (A)and ordered it[a] to be taught to the people of Judah. (It is recorded in The book of Jashar.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 One ancient translation it; Hebrew the bow.

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