...Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And...

...The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon: lest the...shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oyl. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided:...

...Thus the lament of Israel's sweetest singer: "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places! ... Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. . . . How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!" And thus the epitaph: "So Saul died for...

...Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath. publish ;'/ ople with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that...And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa. let there he no dew. neither let there he rain, upon you. nor fields of...

...places: how are the mighty fallen! ... Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let their be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there...Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil' (2 Samuel 1: 19 & 21). Perhaps one should say no more than George Eliot's phrasing frequently strikes...

...The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the...rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph . . . How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished. One can hardly fail to notice the...

...would not tell it to Dan and talk about it in Askelon." This is a reference to the biblical quotation: "Tell it not in Oath, publish it not in the streets...the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumsized triumph." Dan, however, unlike Gath, is not one of the five cities of the Philistines,...

...advocate of mancipation and wrong, and the oppressor of the free and innocent!— Tell it not in Gath! publish it not in the streets of Askelon! lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice! lest the children of the uncircumcised triumph! It is to be hoped that in our Legislature there is patriotism,...

...the clouds — Who can utter such a command? Who can command the clouds? At one time David had said, "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither...let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings" (2 Sam. 1:21). David, however, was uttering a mere wish; he was not attempting to tell the clouds what...

...of a copyist who was misled by the resemblance of the words, and the original text would have read, "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor upsurging of the deep." Burrows acknowledges that one cannot say this explanation is certain but feels...