From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
From. Hebrew, "without the blood of soldiers, without the fat of the valiant, the bow of Jonathan had never returned. "(Kennicott)
Fat. The entrails. It might also denote the most valiant of the soldiers, as we read of "the fat or marrow of corn "for the best, Psalm lxxx. 17. (Calmet)
Jonathan attacked the most courageous, and laid them dead at his feet. (Haydock)
Empty. Saul carried destruction wherever he went. Et nos tela, pater, ferrumque haud debile dextra, Spargimusnostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis. (Virgil, Æneid xii. 50.)
