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children = sons.
the use of. The Ellipsis is wrongly supplied. The word "Lamentation" should be repeated from 2Sa_1:17; "The Bow" being the subject of the Lamentation (2Sa_1:22). the
bow. This is the name of the Lamentation, be-cause it is mentioned in 2Sa_1:22; and it is what the tribe of Saul and Jonathan (Benjamin) was noted for (compare 1Ch_8:40; 1Ch_12:2. 2Ch_14:8; 2Ch_17:17). For a similar reason the scripture (Ex. 3) about "The Bush" is so called in Mar_12:26. Luk_20:37.
behold. Figure of speech . Asterismos. App-6.
written, &c. In the Book of Jasher (or The Upright One) = " Thy hart, Israel, lies slain", &c.