2 Sam 1:18

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teach.

Gen 49:8; Deut 4:10

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.

the book.

Jos 10:13

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.