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     * 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.