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2 Samuel 1:18

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(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:16

    And 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.

  2. 2 Samuel 1:17

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

  3. 2 Samuel 1:19

    The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

  4. 2 Samuel 1:20

    Tell 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.

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