2 Samuel 1:20-22

Contemporary English Version

²⁰Don't tell it in Gath
or spread the news
    on the streets of Ashkelon.
The godless Philistine women
will be happy
    and jump for joy.
²¹Don't let dew or rain fall
    on the hills of Gilboa.
Don't let its fields
    grow offerings for God.^[a]
There the warriors' shields
    were smeared with mud,
and Saul's own shield
    was left unpolished.^[b]

²²The arrows of Jonathan struck,
and warriors died.
The sword of Saul cut
the enemy apart.

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Footnotes

1.21 Don't let its fields … for God: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
1.21 unpolished: Some shields were made of leather and were polished with olive oil.