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The Song of the Bow

17 Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
18 aand he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written bin the Book of Jasher: 
19 “The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
aHow the mighty have fallen! 
20 aTell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of bAshkelon—
Lest cthe daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
Lest the daughters of dthe uncircumcised triumph. 
21 “O amountains of Gilboa,
bLet there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is1 cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not canointed with oil. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Samuel 1:19

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places—literally, "the gazelle" or "antelope of Israel." In Eastern countries, that animal is the chosen type of beauty and symmetrical elegance of form.

how are the mighty fallen!—This forms the chorus.




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