Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 1:18
A church father on this verse
“"And he commanded that the children of Judah be taught the bow, etc." [2 Samuel 1:18] This was written about David when he was mourning the deaths of Saul and Jonathan: And he commanded that the children of Judah be taught the bow, he did this because he knew that the Philistines abounded in archers, and Saul had peri…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18And he gave orders to teach it the sons of Judah: behold, it is written in the book of Right.
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In context
16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.
17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
— 2 Samuel 1:18 —
19Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen!
20Tell it not in Gath, And tell it not as glad tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.