...daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings ; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away."f The great offence of Saul seems to have been, that he did not destroy the Amalekites : " What...

...offerings might be brought to the house of God. —the ihield of the mighty is vilely cast away,] Even " the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil ;" that is, as if he had not been a king, but a common soldier. 22. From the blood of the slain,—...

...lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa let there he no dew, nor fain, 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 anointed with oil!" The first...

...daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there...Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil. " Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided...

...subjects of national regret : — " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, Neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away." (2 Sam. i. 21.) The length of these shields seems to show that they were either oblong or oval ; and...

...dew nor rain upon you, nor iieiils of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty was vilely csat away ; the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil." The first of these divisions expresses sorrow and lamentation ; therefore the note is low. The nest...

...J lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was vilely1 cast away; the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil." The first...

...Lord's anointed ?" 2 Sam. i, 14 ; and in his lamentation on this occasion he hath these expressions, " The shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil," ver. 21. These last words lose in a manner all their emphasis, supposing that no kings were anointed...

...10; xvi. 1 ; 1 Kings, xiv. 15, &c. } 1 Sam. xx»i. 9, 10. his memorable ode over his fallen rival, " The shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though it had not been anointed with oil 1" With the1 spread of Christianity, or rather of the papal domination,...

...places. How are the mighty fallen ! Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there he no dew ; neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there...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...