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):


In Context

15 David called one of the young men, and said, |Go near, and fall on him.| He struck him, so that he died.

16 David said to him, |Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'|

17 David 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, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

20 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.

2 Samuel 1:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18(Also he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is written in the book of the just.) And he said: Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead, wounded on thy high places.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18(and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher: —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)