2 Samuel 1:18 (KJV)

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Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow behold it is written in the book of Jasher
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teach. Ge 49:8 De 4:10

the book. Jos 10:13

bow.{Kasheth,} or the bow, was probably the title of the following threnody; so called, in the oriental style, because Saul's death was occasioned by that weapon, and because the bow of Jonathan, out of which "the arrow was shot beyond the lad," (1 Sa 20:36,) is celebrated in this song. Jasher. or, the upright.So LXX. [ ;] Targum, {siphra deooritha,} "the book of the law;" the Arabic, "the book of Ashee: this is the book of Samuel." This book was probably a collection of divine odes, written to commemorate remarkable events.

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