The young soldier said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and horse soldiers were coming closer and closer to Saul.
I hope no rain or dew falls
on the mountains of Gilboa.
I hope there will be no offerings
coming from those fields.
The shields of the heroes rusted there.
Saul’s shield was not rubbed with oil.
Watch the wagon. If the wagon goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, then the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if the cows do not go straight to Beth Shemesh, then we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. We will know that our sickness just happened.”