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You mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
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A Curse of Poetic Grief
David's call for no rain or dew on Mount Gilboa is not a literal curse but a powerful poetic expression of his deep sorrow. Commentators explain this is a common literary device in the Bible, similar to laments in Job and Jeremiah, used to convey the depth of horror and grief associated with the location of the tragedy.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let there be no dew ... - For a similar passionate form of poetic malediction, compare Job 3:3–10 and Jeremiah 20:14–18.
Nor field…
19th Century
Anglican
Nor fields of offerings. —This somewhat obscure expression seems to mean, “Let there not be upon you those fruitful fields from wh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You mountains of Gilboa On which fell Saul and his sons, and many of the people of Israel, (2 Samuel 1:6…
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Kasheth, or —the bow,— probably was the title of this mournful, funeral song. David does not commend Saul for what he was not, and says nothing of …
