2 Samuel 1:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ »Let no rain or dew fall on the mountains of Gilboa. Let its fields be barren! For the shields of the mighty lie there in disgrace. The shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.

²³ »Curse Meroz, says Jehovah’s angel: Curse those who live there. They did not come to help Jehovah. They did not come as soldiers to fight for him.

¹ Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head. He kissed him and said: »Jehovah has anointed you to be ruler of his people Israel. You will rule his people. You will save them from all their enemies. This will be the sign that Jehovah has anointed you to be ruler of his people.

¹ When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.

¹ Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled from them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

⁸ The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

³ »May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said: ‘A boy is born!’« ⁴ »Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it. ⁵ »Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light. ⁶ »About that night, may thick darkness seize it. May it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. ⁷ »Let the night be barren and may no shout of joy be heard in it. ⁸ »May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to lift up Leviathan (Babylonian symbol of sadness and mourning). ⁹ »Let its morning stars become dark and cause it to wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, ¹⁰ for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.

⁶ »It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor cultivated. It will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.«

⁵ They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; Rise up, captains, oil the shields,

¹⁴ Cursed is the day when I was born. Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me! ¹⁵ Cursed is the man who brought the news to my father, saying: »A baby boy has been born to you!« He made him very happy. ¹⁶ But let that man be like the cities Jehovah overthrew without relenting. Let him hear an outcry in the morning and a shout of alarm at noon.

¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘On the day when it went down to the grave I caused cries of sorrow. I closed the deep over it and held back its rivers. Its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it. All the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

¹⁴ »Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?

⁹ »The meal offering and the drink offering are removed from the house of Jehovah. The priests and Jehovah's ministers mourn.