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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.

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