...he) is slain upon thy high places. How are the mighty fallen ! Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there he no dew ; neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights — who put...

...mingled in the representation. Yet to how many high places of our Israel is the lamentation applicable! "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon . you, nor fields ofofferings ! for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shields of the princes of...

...No dew, no rain be on your field of slaughter ! For there has the shield of the mighty been thrown away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, from the marrow of the mighty, * 2 Kings iv. ')' 1 Kings xxi. The bow...

...there be no dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings ; for there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away ; the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anoinled with oil." The first of tliece divisions expresses sorrow and lamentation : therefore the...

...the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 245 21. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and...

...rain and the fields of offerings, as the greatest curse which his lacerated feelings could devise : " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away."m So silent. irresistible and swift, is the descent of the dew on every field and on every blade...

...and Jonathan, may refer to this practice of anointing the shield, rather than anointing the king : " The shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though it had not been anointed with oil :" the word he being a supplement, the version now gtven, is perfectly...

...Scripture may receive some light : the former occurs in the chapter before cited, where it is said, the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as if ù had not been anointed with oil. For so the latter clause may be understood to refer to the shield...

...the daughters of'the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilhoa, let there be no dew nor rainupon you, nor fields of offerings ; for there the shield of the mighty was vilely* cast away ; the shicId of Saul, as though he had not been anco.ted with oil." The first...

...daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let tliere be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and...