• Homer, Iliad , XXIV 604, makes them but twelve:⁠— “Twelve children perished in her halls, six daughters and six blooming sons; these Apollo slew from his silver bow, enraged with Niobe; and those Diana, delighting in arrows, because she had deemed herself equal to the beautifulcheeked Latona. She said that Latona had borne only two, but she herself had borne many; nevertheless those, though but two, exterminated all these.” But Ovid, Metamorphoses , VI , says:⁠— “Seven are my daughters of a form divine, With seven fair sons, an indefective line.” ↩
• 1 Samuel 31:4, 5:⁠— “Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer. Draw thy sword and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was sore afraid; therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.” ↩
• 2 Samuel 1:21:⁠— “Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you.” ↩