![]() If the interpretation offered in the ESV footnote is to be accepted, then The Bow is a lament or a tune that was - at the time of the composition of the Book of Samuel - also included in the extra-canonical Book of Jashar. Other versions, such as the English Standard Version, indicate that what David taught the people was The Bow, that is, a poetic lament regarding the death of Saul and Jonathan. The King James Version of the English Bible has the phrase "the use of" in italics, showing that it is material the translator(s) added in order to render the original text into what they considered understandable and comfortable English. To teach the Sons of Judah the use of the bow behold it is written in the Book of the Upright.ĭavid's lament for Jonathan immediately follows. ![]() He book appears to be referenced from around the reign of David. The translation "Book of the Just Man" is the traditional Greek and Latin translation, while the transliterated form "Jasher" is found in the King James Bible, 1611. ![]() The Book of Jasher (also, Jashar) or Book of the Just Man is an unknown book mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. ![]()
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