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2 Sam. 1:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye mountains of Gilboa, leth there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offeringsi: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointedk with oil.

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Job 3:3‑10• ³Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.
⁴That day--let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
⁵Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
⁶That night--let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
⁷Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
⁸Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
⁹Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes. (Job 3:3‑10)

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Jer. 20:14‑16• ¹⁴Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
¹⁵Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
¹⁶And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday, (Jer. 20:14‑16)

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Joel 1:9• ⁹The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn. (Joel 1:9)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God? (Joel 2:14)

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1 Sam. 10:1• ¹Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed thee prince over his inheritance? (1 Sam. 10:1)

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Gilboa,

Mountain Mount,

Offering; Offering Up,

Oil,

Rain,

Saul,

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Ministry on This Verse

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mountains.

1 Sam. 31:1• ¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa. (1 Sam. 31:1)

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1 Chron. 10:1,8• ¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
⁸And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa. (1 Chron. 10:1,8)

no dew.

Judg. 5:23• ²³Curse Meroz, saith the Angel of Jehovah; Curse, curse the inhabitants thereof; For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty. (Judg. 5:23)

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Job 3:3‑10• ³Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.
⁴That day--let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
⁵Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
⁶That night--let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
⁷Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
⁸Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
⁹Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes. (Job 3:3‑10)

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Isa. 5:6• ⁶and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)

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Jer. 20:14‑16• ¹⁴Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
¹⁵Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
¹⁶And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday, (Jer. 20:14‑16)

offerings.

Joel 1:9• ⁹The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn. (Joel 1:9)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God? (Joel 2:14)

not.Instead of {belee,} "not," we should probably, with Dr. Delaney and others, read {keley,} "weapons," as it is found on one MS. and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488:

"the shield of Saul; the weapons of the anointed with oil."anointed.

1 Sam. 10:1• ¹Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed thee prince over his inheritance? (1 Sam. 10:1)

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Isa. 21:5• ⁵Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield. (Isa. 21:5)

• There is no word of reproach against the man whose bones now lay under the tamarisk at Jabesh. But it is not enough for this noble heart to merely forget. He loves to remember. He recalls that Saul had been the Lord's anointed, the bearer of His testimony, that he had led His people to victory. (“The Song of the Bow: 2 Samuel 1:17-27” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye mountains ofa Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offeringsb! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "in."

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i.e. which produce the wherewithal for heave-offerings.