...Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither...For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain,...

...Thus the lament of Israel's sweetest singer: "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places! ... Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. . . . How are the mighty fallen...

...of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa. let there he no dew. neither let there he adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I away, the shield of Saul. us thouith he hud not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain,...

...places: how are the mighty fallen! ... Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let their be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil' (2 Samuel 1: 19 & 21). Perhaps...

...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....for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain,...

...the clouds — Who can utter such a command? Who can command the clouds? At one time David had said, "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings" (2 Sam. 1:21). David, however, was uttering a mere wish; he was not attempting to tell the clouds what...

...of a copyist who was misled by the resemblance of the words, and the original text would have read, "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor upsurging of the deep." Burrows acknowledges that one cannot say this explanation is certain but feels...

...throne's vacancy. Saul and Jonathan have both fallen on Mount Gilboa, in the wars with the Philistines: Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. . . . Saul and Jonathan were...

...Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph....there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you. . . . From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back,...

...Saul and Jonathan fallc ing in war, yet curses the mountains of Gilboa in the following words: "You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain I upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of Saul is vilely cast n away, as though...