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2SA 1:17–1:27 ©

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David’s song of mourning

1:17 David’s song of mourning

17Then David sang this funeral song for Sha’ul and his son Yonatan 18and said that it should be taught to the people of Yehudah. It’s called ‘The bow’ and indeed, it’s written down in the Book of Yashar:[ref]

19“Israel’s splendour was slain in the hills.

How the powerful warriors have died.

20Don’t tell them in Gat.

Don’t let them take the news to Ashkelon’s streets,

in case the Philistine women celebrate,

and the daughters of the uncircumcised are elated.


21You mountains in Gilboa,

may you have no dew or rain fall on you,

nor fields producing grain for offerings.

Because it was there that Shaul’s shield was splattered with his blood,

and the leather won’t be preserved with oil again.

22From the blood of those slain

from the fat of the warriors,

Yonatan’s bow didn’t retreat

and Sha’ul’s sword didn’t fail on its strikes.


23Sha’ul and Yonatan were loved—

they pleased the people.

and even at their death they weren’t separated.

They were swifter than eagles.

they were stronger than lions.


24Weep for Sha’ul you daughters of Israel,

the one who dressed you in nice clothes with jewelry,

and gave you all gold brooches to put on.


25Those warriors have fallen in the middle of the battle.

Yonatan has been killed there on the hills.


26I grieve for you my dear friend Yonatan.

You were so kind to me.

Your friendship meant more to me than the women who say they love me.


27Yes, those powerful warriors have fallen,

and those weapons of war have been destroyed.”


1:18: Josh 10:13.

2SA 1:17–1:27 ©

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