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I] Saul and over Jonathan his son: (also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)


 * beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:
 * How are the mighty fallen!
 * 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.
 * Ye mountains of Gilboa,
 * Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain,
 * upon you, nor fields of offerings:
 * For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away.
 * The shield of Saul, as though he had not been
 * anointed with oil.
 * From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty.
 * The bow of Jonathan turned not back.
 * And the sword of Saul returned not empty.
 * Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives,
 * And in their death they were not divided:
 * They were swifter than eagles,
 * They were stronger than lions.
 * Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
 * Who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights,

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