19 Alas! the glory of Israel, slain upon your heights! How can the warriors have fallen!

20 Do not report it in Gath, as good news in Ashkelon's streets, Lest Philistine women rejoice, lest the women of the uncircumcised exult! [AG]

21 O mountains of Gilboa, upon you be neither dew nor rain, nor surging from the deeps! [1] Defiled there the warriors' shields, the shield of Saul—no longer anointed with oil! [AH]