Dew

The dews in Palestine and some other oriental countries are very copious, and serve very greatly to sustain and promote vegetation in seasons when little or no rain falls. Maundrell tells us that the tents of his company, when pitched on Tabor and Hermon, "were as wet with dew as if it had rained on them all night," Jud 6:38So 5:2. Dew was especially heavy near the mountains, and just before and after the rainy season. It was prized as a precious boon of Providence, Ge 27:28De 33:281Ki 17:1Job 29:19Hag 1:10Zec 8:12. The dew furnishes the sacred penmen with many beautiful allusions, De 32:22Sa 17:12Ps 110:3Pr 19:12Ho 14:5Mic 5:7.