(jay´shuhr; Heb., “upright, righteous”), a source apparently containing heroic songs, cited twice in the Bible: in the account of Joshua’s battle at Gibeon, when “the sun stood still” (Josh. 10:13), and again in David’s lamentation for Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:18). A third possible citation from this source is 1 Kings 8:12–13, where the LXX adds, “is it not written in the book of songs.” The Book of Jashar was apparently a collection of archaic poetry that, though well known in