18 and he said it[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in (A)the Book of Jashar.[b] He said:

19 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
    (B)How the mighty have fallen!
20 (C)Tell it not in Gath,
    (D)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
(E)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of (F)the uncircumcised exult.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune
  2. 2 Samuel 1:18 Or of the upright

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