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17 Voici le cantique funèbre que David composa sur Saül et sur Jonathan, son fils,

18 et qu'il ordonna d'enseigner aux enfants de Juda. C'est le cantique de l'arc: il est écrit dans le livre du Juste.

19 L'élite d'Israël a succombé sur tes collines! Comment des héros sont-ils tombés?

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

18 (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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The Song of the Bow

17 Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, 18 (A)and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written (B)in the Book [a]of Jasher:

19 “The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
(C)How the mighty have fallen!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. of the Upright