2 Samuel 1:18

וַיֹּאמֶר לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵֽי ־ יְהוּדָה קָשֶׁת הִנֵּה כְתוּבָה עַל ־ סֵפֶר הַיָּשָֽׁר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17וַיְקֹנֵן דָּוִד אֶת ־ הַקִּינָה הַזֹּאת עַל ־ שָׁאוּל וְעַל ־ יְהוֹנָתָן בְּנֽוֹ ׃

19הַצְּבִי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל ־ בָּמוֹתֶיךָ חָלָל אֵיךְ נָפְלוּ גִבּוֹרִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 49:8יְהוּדָה אַתָּה יוֹדוּךָ אַחֶיךָ יָדְךָ בְּעֹרֶף אֹיְבֶיךָ יִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לְךָ בְּנֵי אָבִֽיךָ ׃

Joshua 10:13וַיִּדֹּם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ עָמָד עַד ־ יִקֹּם גּוֹי אֹֽיְבָיו הֲלֹא ־ הִיא כְתוּבָה עַל ־ סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר וַיַּעֲמֹד הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּחֲצִי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא ־ אָץ לָבוֹא כְּיוֹם תָּמִֽים ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:18-27

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. ( b. c. 1055.) 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,… Read the whole commentary →

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