And then again, in 2 Samuel 1:1813 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
I purchased a copy of [The Book of Jasher (faithfully translated from the original Hebrew into English) Salt Lake City, published by J. H. Parry & Company, 1887] at a used bookstore with curiousity. Let me bring you to the attension that I'm not saying that the Book of Jasher is considered scripture by any means, however it was quite an interesting read to say the least and it does answer questions that are left untold in the bible.18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
In the "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith" pg. 260, Joseph commented:
In the Translator's Preface says this:Abel was slain for his righteousness, and how many more up to the flood is not of much consequence to us now. But we believe in present revelation, as published in the "Times and Seasons" last spring, Abraham, the prophet of the Lord was laid upon the iron bedstead for slaughter; and the book of Jasher, which has not been disproved as a bad author, says he was cast into the fire of the Chaldees.
This book is an interesting read because it sheds so much more of a detailed account than the bible does. It is a full 91 chapters and starts from the Book of Genesis and ends in Judges. It answeres such question like "What happened to Cain?" "How did the animals come to the ark of Noah?" "How was Sodom and Gomorrah so wicked that it was worthy of distruction?" "Why did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob?"The printed Hebrew copy, in the hands of the translator, is without points. During his first perusal of it, some perplexities and doubts rose up in his mind respecting its authenticity; but the more closely he studied it, the more its irresistible evidence satisfied him, that it contained a treasure of information concerning those early times, upon which the histories of other nations are either silent or cast not a single ray of real light; and he was more especially delighted to find that the evidence of the whole of it contents went to illustrate and confirm the great and inestimable truths which are recorded in divine history, down to a few years later than the death of Joshua, at which period the book closes.
The translator's preface also says this concerning the name "Jasher"
With these preliminary observations, the translator now respectfully proceeds to lay before the readers a few remarks upon the contents of the book. The title is literally, "the upright or correct record," but because the book was not known, it was therfore termed the "Book of Jasher;" this has caused some persons, who are ignorant of the Hebrew language, to suppose that Jasher was the name of a prophet, or one of the Judges of Isreal.