Verse 63
63. The fire consumed their young men Literally, The fire ate their young men. Such was the severity of the battle. So the same word, Psalms 27:2. No enemies of Israel were more cruel than the Philistines.
Their maidens were not given to marriage Literally, Their maidens were not praised, or eulogized, as was the custom at their marriage. Bishop Mant versifies it:
“No nuptial song their maidens praised.”
In oriental custom it is a great reproach for a maiden to remain unmarried after twelve or thirteen years of age. The slaughter of thirty thousand youth plunged the tribes in deep mourning.
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