2 Samuel 1:21 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

BSB

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ASV

Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Let there be no dew ... - For a similar passionate form of poetical malediction, compare Job 3:3-10; Jer 20:14-18. Nor fields of offerings - He imprecates such complete barrenness on the soil of Gilboa, that not even enough may grow for an offering of first-fruits. The latter part of the verse is better rendered thus: For there the shield of the mighty was polluted, the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil, but with blood). Shields were usually anointed with oil in preparation for the battle Isa 21:5.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Let there be, &c. - This is no proper imprecation; but a passionate representation of the horror which he conceived at this publick loss; which was such, as if he thought every person or thing which contributed to it, were fit to bear the tokens of divine displeasure, such as this is, when the earth wants the necessary influences of dew and rain.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The worst thing he could wish to the mountains of Gilboa was barrenness and unprofitableness to man: those are miserable that are useless. It was the curse Christ pronounced on the fig-tree, Never fruit grow on thee more, and that took effect--the fig-tree withered away: this, on the mountains of Gilboa, did not.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The curse seems still to lie upon them; for the mountains of Gilboa are naked and sterile. the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away--To cast away the shield was counted a national disgrace.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָרֵ֣י	ha.Rei	O mountains	H2022 →
בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ	va.gil.Bo.a'	in <the> Gilboa	H1533 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
טַ֧ל	tal	dew	H2919 →
וְאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
מָטָ֛ר	ma.Tar	rain	H4306 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Khem	[be] on you	H5921 →
וּשְׂדֵ֣י	u.se.Dei	and fields of	H7704 →
תְרוּמֹ֑ת	te.ru.Mot	contributions	H8641 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שָׁ֤ם	sham	there	H8033 →
נִגְעַל֙	nig.'Al	it was defiled	H1602 →
מָגֵ֣ן	ma.Gen	[the] shield of	H4043 →
גִּבּוֹרִ֔ים	gi.bo.Rim	[the] mighty [ones]	H1368 →
מָגֵ֣ן	ma.Gen	[the] shield of	H4043 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בְּלִ֖י	be.Li	not	H1097 →
מָשִׁ֥יחַ	ma.Shi.ach	[was] anointed	H4899 →
בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃	ba.Sha.men	with <the> oil	H8081 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:4
  The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 10:1–12
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
Through
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Psalms 78:71
  from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
- 1 Samuel 9:16
  “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of…
- Psalms 2:12
  Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Through
1 Chronicles 10:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:1
  Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 31:1–13
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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