...the daughters of the Philistines rejoice upon the earth," — he says, "and call forth barrenness. " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil." He then tells of their feats in war, and adds this gentle and melancholy epitaph. Nothing ever surpassed...

...of Askelou : lest the daughters of the Philistians rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew,...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...

...of Askelon : Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no...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...

...death of Saul and Jonathan, does not omit to mention this among the subjects of national regret : — " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, Neither...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...

...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 of these divisions expresses sorrow and lamentation: therefore the note is low. The next...

...of Askelon : Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. " ' Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. * By Dr. Edward Young, first printed in 17H. " ' Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their...

...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,...

...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...

...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 of Jonathan turned not back, The sword...