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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 wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
⁴Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
⁵Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
⁶As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
⁷Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
⁸Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
⁹Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor 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.
¹⁶And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; (Jer. 20:14‑16)

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Joel 1:9• ⁹The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn. (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 the Lord your God? (Joel 2:14)

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1 Sam. 10:1• ¹Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? (1 Sam. 10:1)

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mountains.

1 Sam. 31:1• ¹Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (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.
⁸And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. (1 Chron. 10:1,8)

no dew.

Judg. 5:23• ²³Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. (Judg. 5:23)

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Job 3:3‑10• ³Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
⁴Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
⁵Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
⁶As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
⁷Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
⁸Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
⁹Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor 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 digged; 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.
¹⁶And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; (Jer. 20:14‑16)

offerings.

Joel 1:9• ⁹The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn. (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 the Lord 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 a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? (1 Sam. 10:1)

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Isa. 21:5• ⁵Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and 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.