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2 Samuel 1:18 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 18
(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 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:18 in context
16And 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.
17And 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.)
19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
20Tell 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- writtenkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- teachlâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- badeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- bookçêpherproperly, writingH5612 →
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When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of honour he owed to his memory; yet this is not all: we have here a poem he wrote on that occasion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27