Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,.... In their mournful elegies:
who clothed you with scarlet, with other delights; not only with scarlet, but with other fine and delightful apparel, such as…
Barnes' Notes
The women of Israel are most happily introduced. They who had come out to meet king Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music” in the day of victory, are now called to weep over him.
When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of…
Cambridge Bible
Ye daughters of Israel The women who had once celebrated Saul's triumphs, and shared the spoil of his victories, are summoned to lament his loss. This incidental mention indicates how much Saul's…
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