Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Treasury of Scripture
Declare you it not at Gath, weep you not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
Declare.
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Amos 6:10
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Aphrah.
Joshua 18:23
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Ophrah.
Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
