| Charles Anderson Godby, Jr. - Religion - 2005 - 530 pages
...or rain, nor fields that yield offerings of grain: For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty... | |
| Th. Theodoor Christiaan Vriezen, Adam Simon van der Woude - Religion - 2005 - 777 pages
...fields! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return empty. Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life... | |
| Margaret Oliphant - History - 2005 - 609 pages
...the daughters of the uncircumcteed triumph, " Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, Beither rain, upon you, Nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is cast away, The shield of Saul, As though he had not been anointed with oil. " From the blood of the... | |
| Yaron Peleg - History - 2005 - 174 pages
..."fran V?nl^SJ DHTiaa "?S ... 100 7N1 70 ("The beauty, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places.. . . Mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you," 142). The reference to David's eulogy for King Saul and his son Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1 is strange only... | |
| Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - Bible - 2006 - 400 pages
...David's song of mourning for Saul and Jonathan is still one of the most moving tributes ever offered: From the blood of the slain from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return empty. Saul killed himself by falling on his sword.... | |
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