2 Samuel 1:21

I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of the Gilboa area [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty king, fell on the ground. No one rubbed olive oil on Saul’s shield;

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

In Context

20“Do not tell it to our enemies in the Philistia area; do not tell to the people who live in Gath city what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon city, because if you tell them, even the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those ◄pagan women/women who do not know God► to rejoice.

22instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow and arrows, and Saul always defeated his enemies when he fought them with his sword. [PRS, LIT]

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured some of it on Saul’s head. Then he kissed Saul on the cheek, and told him, “I am doing this because Yahweh has chosen you to be the leader of his Israeli people.

1 Samuel 31:8The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead Israeli soldiers, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.

1 Chronicles 10:8The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead Israeli soldiers, they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.

Isaiah 5:6I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”

Jeremiah 20:14But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want anyone to celebrate that day.

Joel 1:9There is no grain or wine for us to offer as sacrifices at the temple, so the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning/weeping.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:18-27

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. ( b. c. 1055.) 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 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. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa,… Read the whole commentary →

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