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2 Samuel 1

2 Sam. 1:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
of Gilboa
Gilboa` (Hebrew #1533)
fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
KJV usage: Gilboa.
Pronounce: ghil-bo'-ah
Origin: from 1530 and 1158
, leth there be no dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
, neither let there be rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
, upon you, nor fields
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
of offerings
truwmah (Hebrew #8641)
from 7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
KJV usage: gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-maw'
Origin: or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}
i: for there the shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
of the mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
is vilely cast away
ga`al (Hebrew #1602)
to detest; by implication, to reject
KJV usage: abhor, fail, lothe, vilely cast away.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
, the shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
of Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
, as though he had not been anointed
mashiyach (Hebrew #4899)
anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah
KJV usage: anointed, Messiah.
Pronounce: maw-shee'-akh
Origin: from 4886
k with oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
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Job 3:3‑10• 3Perish the day wherein I was born,{HR}And the night that said, A man is conceived.
 4That day! be it darkness;{HR}Let not God from above ask after it;{HR}And let not light shine upon it;
 5Let darkness and death-shade reclaim it;{HR}Let clouds tabernacle on it;{HR}Let darkenings of the day affright it.
 6That night! thick darkness seize on it;{HR}Let it not be joined to the days of the year;{HR}Let it not come into the number of the months.
 7Lo, that night! let it be barren;{HR}Let no shout of joy come into it;
 8Let cursers of days curse it,{HR}Who are prepared to rouse leviathan.
 9The stars of its twilight be dark;{HR}Let it look for light but [have] none,{HR}And let it not gaze on the eyelids of the dawn;
 10Because it shut not the doors of my [mother’s] belly,{HR}And hid sorrow 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 bare 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.
 16{i}And 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,{/i} (Jer. 20:14‑16)
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Joel 1:9• 9The meat-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests howl, the ministers of Jehovah. (Joel 1:9)
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Joel 2:14• 14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God? (Joel 2:14)
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1 Sam. 10:1• 1{i}Then 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?{/i} (1 Sam. 10:1)

More on:

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dew,
Gilboa,
Mountain Mount,
Offering; Offering Up,
Oil,
Rain,
Saul,
Shield

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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mountains.
1 Sam. 31:1• 1{i}And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa{/i}. (1 Sam. 31:1)
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1 Chron. 10:1,8• 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
 8{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Chron. 10:1,8)
no dew.
Judg. 5:23• 23{i}Curse Meroz, saith the Angel of Jehovah;{HR}Curse, curse the inhabitants thereof;{HR}For they came not to the help of Jehovah,{HR}To the help of Jehovah among the mighty.{/i} (Judg. 5:23)
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Job 3:3‑10• 3Perish the day wherein I was born,{HR}And the night that said, A man is conceived.
 4That day! be it darkness;{HR}Let not God from above ask after it;{HR}And let not light shine upon it;
 5Let darkness and death-shade reclaim it;{HR}Let clouds tabernacle on it;{HR}Let darkenings of the day affright it.
 6That night! thick darkness seize on it;{HR}Let it not be joined to the days of the year;{HR}Let it not come into the number of the months.
 7Lo, that night! let it be barren;{HR}Let no shout of joy come into it;
 8Let cursers of days curse it,{HR}Who are prepared to rouse leviathan.
 9The stars of its twilight be dark;{HR}Let it look for light but [have] none,{HR}And let it not gaze on the eyelids of the dawn;
 10Because it shut not the doors of my [mother’s] belly,{HR}And hid sorrow from mine eyes. (Job 3:3‑10)
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Isa. 5:6• 6and I will lay it waste—it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also 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 bare 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.
 16{i}And 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,{/i} (Jer. 20:14‑16)
offerings.
Joel 1:9• 9The meat-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests howl, the ministers of Jehovah. (Joel 1:9)
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Joel 2:14• 14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto 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• 1{i}Then 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?{/i} (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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a
Or "in."
b
i.e. which produce the wherewithal for heave-offerings.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)