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19 |Your beauty, Israel, lies slain on your high places! O, how the valiant have fallen! 20 Don't make it known in Gath! Don't declare it in the avenues of Ashkelon! Otherwise, the daughters of Philistia will rejoice; and the daughters of the uncircumcised will triumph. 21 Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain fall on you, and may none of your fields be filled with plenty, because in that place the shield of the valiant ones was defiled, the shield of Saul without an anointing with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the blood of the valiant, Jonathan's bow would not retreat nor would Saul's sword return empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan, loved and handsome in life, in death were not separated. Swifter than eagles they were, and more valiant than lions. 24 Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul! He clothed you in scarlet luxury and decorated your garments with gold. 2 Samuel 1:19-24, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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