George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Samuel 1:12
Of the Lord, the priests; (Abulensis) though it seems to be explained by the following words, of all the Israelites. (Haydock)
Of the Lord, the priests; (Abulensis) though it seems to be explained by the following words, of all the Israelites. (Haydock)
FOR SAUL ... - David’s thoroughly patriotic and unselfish character is strongly marked here. He looked upon the death of Saul, and the defeat of Israel by a pagan foe, with unmixed sorrow, though it o...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DAVID KING OF JUDAH AND THE EVENTS OF HIS REIGN 1. David's Lamentation for Saul and Jonathan CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Death of Saul and Jonathan announced to David (2 Samuel...
DAVID RECEIVES THE NEWS OF SAUL'S DEATH. The account of the death of Saul told by the fugitive here is different from that in 1 Samuel 31. A common explanation is that the fugitive falsely represented...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
_mourned_ The word literally denotes the _beating of the breast_, which is still a common expression of mourning in the East. _fasted until even_ Fasting is mentioned as a sign of mourning in 1 Samuel...
I. DAVID MADE KING OF ISRAEL, 2 Samuel 1:1 to 2 Samuel 5:25. 1. David Receives News of Saul's Death, 2 Samuel 1:1-27. _The Amalekite's account of Said's Death._...
_THEN DAVID TOOK HOLD ON HIS CLOTHES, AND RENT THEM; AND LIKEWISE ALL THE MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE LAMENT OF DAVID OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN 1. There is no break between the two books of Samuel; they really form one continuous narrative. This v. is a continuation of 1 Samuel 30, which describes D...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF 2 SAMUEL The book of 2 Samuel records the life of David as king. There are several accounts of events in 2 Samuel that ar...
THEY MOURNED. — On hearing the tidings of the Amalekite, David and all his people showed the usual Oriental signs of sorrow by rending their clothes, weeping, and fasting. Although David thus heard of...
וַֽ יִּסְפְּדוּ֙ וַ יִּבְכּ֔וּ וַ יָּצֻ֖מוּ ע
CHAPTER I. _ DAVD'S LAMENT FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN._ 2 Samuel 1:1. DAVID had returned to Ziklag from the slaughter of the Amalekites only two days before he heard of the death of Saul. He had returned...
TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED 2 Samuel 1:1 The scene changes from Gilboa to Ziklag, whither the tidings were carried by an Amalekite. It is remarkable to notice how David received them. Though he had spent...
The second Book of Samuel deals largely with the story of David, and presents the picture of the theocratic monarchy. The first movement records the progress of David to the position which God had app...
(11) В¶ Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: (12) And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. Nevertheless piety, and pious (and hence generous) sentiments, were genuine in David. He did not pretend to feel for Saul's misfortunes, and then sei...
AND THEY MOURNED AND WEPT,.... Inwardly mourned, and outwardly wept, no doubt sincerely: AND FASTED UNTIL EVEN; ate no food all that day until it was evening, the manner in which fasts used to be kep...
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. Ver. 12. _An...
_They mourned and wept, and fasted_ This is an evident instance of the disinterestedness and tenderness of David's heart, in that he could not forbear bewailing this melancholy end of Saul, though he...
[DAUID HEARETH OF SAULS DEATH.] 1 The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the ouerthrow, and accused himselfe of Sauls death, is slaine. 17 Dauid lamenteth Saul and Ionathan with a song. 1 NOW it cam...
and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, abandoning themselves to their grief as it swept over them, FOR SAUL, AND FOR JONATHAN, HIS SON, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, AND FOR THE HOUSE OF...
THE MESSAGE OF THE AMALEKITE...
Verse 1 shows us that David's slaughter of the Amalekites took place at about the same time as the Philistine defeat of Israel. David had been two days at Ziklag when a man came from the scene of this...
11-16 David was sincere in his mourning for Saul; and all with him humbled themselves under the hand of God, laid so heavily upon Israel by this defeat. The man who brought the tidings, David put to...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 1:12 mourned H5594 (H8799) wept H1058 (H8799) fasted H6684 (H8799) evening H6153 Saul H7586 Jonathan...
THE THOROUGH DEFEAT OF ISRAEL AND THE DEATH OF SAUL (1 SAMUEL 31:1 -2 SAMUEL 1:27). Having initially demonstrated how God's purposes are moving forward in David, the writer now describes the humiliati...
THE TIDINGS CONCERNING THE DEATH OF SAUL ARE BROUGHT TO DAVID (2 SAMUEL 1:1). The theme of the death of Saul continues with a description of how the news was brought to David. It came by means of an A...
CONTENTS: David mourns the death of Saul and Jonathan. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, an Amalekite. CONCLUSION: He that is deeply concerned for the honor of God cannot rejoice in the afflic...
2 Samuel 1:6. _Mount Gilboa,_ two miles from mount Tabor. The battle was fought near the place where Barak fought with Sisera. 2 Samuel 1:10. _The crown and the bracelet._ A true mercenary soldier. He...
_A man came out of the camp._ THE MAN WHO PROFESSED TO HAVE SLAIN SAUL On the day that Saul fell by his own hand, and before his body had been discovered by the Philistines, an Amalekite, passing by,...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:1 Story of King David. Most of 2 Samuel 1:1 tells of David’s rise to kingship, first over Judah and then over all Israel. Most of the problems D
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:12 David and his men FASTED in mourning. After this summary statement, the story resumes the actual dialogue between David and the young man who told of Saul’s death....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 1:6. “THE CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN.” It has been remarked that it is extremely unlikely that chariots and horsemen, pursued the Israelites on to the mountains, a...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 1:1 NOW IT CAME TO PASS. During the last few days events had been crowding fast upon one another. Living as fugitives at Ziklag, in the land of the Philistines, David and his men,...
Second Samuel, chapter one. First Samuel dealt with the reign of King Saul over Israel, and it ends with the death of Saul at the hands of the Philistines. Saul, the tragic story of a man who had many...
1 Peter 3:8; 2 Corinthians 11:29; Amos 6:6; Jeremiah 9:1; Matthew 5:44