1Sa 17:44, 46, 1Ki 14:11, 16:4, 21:23-24, Jer 7:33, 16:4, 19:7 | TSK | STEP | Come to me. I will give.Parallel instances of vaunting occur in some writers of a more recent date:--The conspirators against the emperor Maximinus having slain him, his son, and several of his best friends, threw out their bodies to be devoured by dogs and the fowls of the air. This custom appears to have been frequently threatened; and, however shocking to human feelings, was often carried into effect.

1 Samuel 17:44

Come to me.

1Ki 20:10,11; Pr 18:12; Ec 9:11,12; Jer 9:23; Eze 28:2,9,10

I will give.Parallel instances of vaunting occur in some writers of a more recent date:--The conspirators against the emperor Maximinus having slain him, his son, and several of his best friends, threw out their bodies to be devoured by dogs and the fowls of the air. This custom appears to have been frequently threatened; and, however shocking to human feelings, was often carried into effect.

1 Samuel 17:46

will the Lord.

De 7:2,23; 9:2,3; Jos 10:8

deliver thee. Heb. shut thee up.

Ps 31:8

take thine.

carcases.

44; De 28:26; Isa 56:9; Mt 24:28; Re 19:17,18

all the earth.

Ex 9:16; 15:14,15; Jos 4:24; 1Ki 8:43; 18:36,37; 2Ki 19:19

Ps 46:10; Isa 52:10; Da 2:47; 3:29; 6:26,27

1 Kings 14:11

that dieth.

16:4; 21:19,23,24; Isa 66:24; Jer 15:3; Eze 39:17-19; Re 19:17,18

1 Kings 16:4

shall the dogs eat.

14:11

1 Kings 21:23-24

Jezebel.

25; 2Ki 9:10,30-37

the dogs.Shocking as this must appear to minds that have been humanized by the kindly influence of Christianity, we still find similar instances in the accounts of modern travellers. Mr. Bruce says, that when at Gondar, "the bodies of those killed by the sword were hewn to pieces and scattered about the streets, being denied burial. I was miserable, and almost driven to despair, at seeing my hunting dogs, twice let loose by the carelessness of my servants, bringing into the court-yard the heads and arms of slaughtered men, and which I could no way prevent, but by the destruction of the dogs themselves."

wall. or, ditch.

that dieth.

14:11; 16:4; Isa 14:19; Jer 15:3; Eze 32:4,5; 39:18-20; Re 19:18