| Sermons, English - 1839 - 610 pages
...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."— 2 SAMUEL, i. 2l THESE words form a part of that song of lamentation which David composed after that... | |
| George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 738 pages
...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." The apostle has availed himself of this general feeling in his epistle to the Hebrews, to encourage... | |
| Bible - 1840 - 408 pages
...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," 2 Sam. i. 21. The length of these shields indicates that they were either oblong or oval; and that... | |
| John Calhoun Stephens - Literary Collections - 840 pages
...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 oyl. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided:... | |
| Don M. Wardlaw - Religion - 1983 - 180 pages
...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. . . . How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!" And thus the epitaph: "So Saul died for... | |
| Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul. us thouith he hud not been anointed with oil. 22 d all they o/the land came to a wood; and there was...honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided:... | |
| James Maxwell Miller - History - 1986 - 538 pages
...popularity, heroism, and the significance of his reign is indicated by a lament recorded in II Sam. 1:17-27. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,...not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. Mt. Gilboa. This spur of the central hill country extends into the southeastern end of the Jezreel... | |
| Religion - 1987 - 268 pages
...deep! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,...not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter... | |
| Patrick Reid - Religion - 1987 - 412 pages
...slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! . . . From the blood of the slain, from the fate of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back,...sword of Saul returned not empty. Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they... | |
| Jan Bakker, J. A. Verleun, J. v. d Vriesenaerde - American literature - 1987 - 248 pages
...let their 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' (2 Samuel 1: 19 & 21). Perhaps one should say no more than George Eliot's phrasing frequently strikes... | |
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