2 Samuel 1:17-18

1:17

chanted <06969> [lamented.]

1:18

taught <03925> [teach.]

Bow <07198> [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.

Book <05612> [the book.]

Yashar <03477> [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.