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2 Samuel 1:21-23
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 1:21-23
Common English Bible
21 You hills of Gilboa!
Let there be no dew or rain on you,
and no fields yielding grain offerings.[a]
Because it was there that the mighty warrior’s[b] shield was defiled—
the shield of Saul!—never again anointed with oil.
22 Jonathan’s bow never wavered from the blood of the slain,
from the gore of the warriors.
Never did Saul’s sword return empty.
23 Saul and Jonathan! So well loved, so dearly cherished!
In their lives and in their deaths they were never separated.
They were faster than eagles,
stronger than lions!
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Heb uncertain, perhaps bountiful fields; alternatively, with LXXL, fields of death, or with correction and no springs from the deep
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Or warriors’ (plural)
2 Samuel 1:21-23
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:21-23
New International Version
21 “Mountains of Gilboa,(A)
may you have neither dew(B) nor rain,(C)
may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[a](D)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.(E)
22 “From the blood(F) of the slain,
from the flesh of the mighty,
the bow(G) of Jonathan did not turn back,
the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23 Saul and Jonathan—
in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,(H)
they were stronger than lions.(I)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings
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