Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 1:17-27
17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, 18and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow.1 It is written in the Book of Jashar:2
19“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights.How the mighty have fallen!
20Tell it not in Gath;proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.21O mountains of Gilboa,may you have no dew or rain,no fields yielding offerings of grain.3For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
22From the blood of the slain,from the fat of the mighty,the bow of Jonathan did not retreat,and the sword of Saul did not return empty.23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life,were not divided in death.They were swifter than eagles;they were stronger than lions.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Or be taught the use of the bow; literally be taught the bow ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 1:18 Or the Book of the Upright One, commonly cited as Jasher; note that the Song of the Bow that follows is not found in known manuscripts attributed to Jasher. ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 1:21 Or no showers falling on your terraced fields; LXX no fields of firstfruits; Hebrew no fields of offerings ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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