* Saul's.
  Job 5:2  Pr 14:29  19:12,19  21:24  25:28  27:3  Jas 1:19,20 
 * Thou, etc.  or, Thou perverse rebel.  Heb. Son of perverse
   rebellion.
  Pr 15:2  21:24  Mt 5:22  Eph 4:31  6:4 
 * and unto the.
   This reflection on the mother of Jonathan, by the passionate
   monarch, reflects more dishonour on himself than on his brave
   and noble minded son.  Mungo Park gives an instance of the
   prevalence of the same principles in Africa; for he says,
   "Maternal affection is every where conspicuous among the
   Africans, and creates a correspondent return of tenderness in
   the child.  'Strike me,' said my attendant, 'but do not curse
   my mother.'  I found the same sentiment to prevail universally
   in all parts of Africa." King Saul, unable to villify Jonathan
   to his own satisfaction by personal reproaches, outstepped the
   ordinary abuse of his day, and proceeded to that which was
   designed to produce unusual vexation, and vented the
   bitterness of his mind by maligning the character of his own
   wife and Jonathan's mother.