General Information:

David sings a song of mourning for Saul and Jonathan.

Song of the Bow

This was the title of the song.

This is background information added to tell the reader what happened to the song in the future. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

The word "Jashar" means "upright." AT: "the Book of the Upright" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

The phrase "the mighty" refers to both Saul and Jonathan. This nominal adjective is plural, and can be stated as "the mighty ones."(See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj)

The word "fallen" here means "died." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)

These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated as part of the poetry of the song. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

Gath and Ashkelon are two of the Philistines' major cities. The Philistines killed Saul and Jonathan.

These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated as part of the poetry of the song. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

This phrase refers to people who do not follow Yahweh, such as the Philistines. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)