World English Bible
2 Samuel 1:19
“Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
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David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
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(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
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Don'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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You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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