2 Samuel 1:18
“(Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the bow: behold, it is written in the booke of Iasher.)”
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2 Samuel 1:18 Context
16And Dauid said vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thy head: for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the Lords Annoynted. 17¶ And Dauid lamented with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne: 18(Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the bow: behold, it is written in the booke of Iasher.) 19The beauty of Israel is slaine vpon thy high places: how are the mightie fallen! 20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.
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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.)
- King James Version
and he told {them} to teach the sons of Judah {the song of} the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.
- New American Standard Version (1995)