..."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...

...for understanding the messiah in the Hebrew Bible: You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. (2 Sm 1:2 1)20 This is one of the few passages...

...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...