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2 Samuel 1:17

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

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14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
15David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
19“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
20Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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