World English Bible
"(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):"
— 2 Samuel 1:18, World English Bible
“(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)”
“(and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar): ”
“(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught“The Bow.” Indeed, it is written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.)”
“(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.”
“(It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:”
“(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)”
David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.
David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'"
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
"Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
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.
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.