And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan, his son; he composed this elegy, or song of mourning, as an expression of his deep and sincere grief over the death of the king and of his dearest friend
Verse 2 Samuel 1:17. _DAVID LAMENTED_] See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter. 2 Samuel 1:21....
The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See similar dirges in 2 Samuel 3:33; and 2 Chronicles 35:25.) This and the brief sta...
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'S LAMENT OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN. This poem is almost universally accepted as the work of David. It was included in the Book of Jashar (Joshua 10:12 ff., p. 45), and probably borrowed from that b...
David's lamentation for Saul and Jonathan 17. _lamented with this lamentation_ The technical expression for a _death-dirge_or _mournful elegy_, such as that pronounced by David over Abner (ch. 2 Samu...
DAVID LAMENTED WITH THIS LAMENTATION— Let any one but read over this admirable ode, than which there is nothing more elegant and passionate in all antiquity; and he will find the utmost decency and pr...
_The Song of the Bow._ 2 Samuel 1:17-27 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah _the use of_ the bow: behold...
_AND DAVID LAMENTED WITH THIS LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND OVER JONATHAN HIS SON:_ David lamented with this lamentation. It has always been customary for Eastern people, on the death of great kings and...
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...
LAMENTED WITH THIS LAMENTATION. — This is the technical expression for a funeral dirge or elegy, such as David also composed on the death of Abner (2 Samuel 3:33), and Jeremiah on the death of Josiah...
וַ יְקֹנֵ֣ן דָּוִ֔ד אֶת ־הַ קִּינָ֖ה הַ
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...
THE SONG OF THE BOW 2 Samuel 1:17 This noble poem is unrivaled. It is a perfect model of a funeral dirge. It is in poetry what Händel's _Dead March in Saul_ is in music. The psalmist is borne along b...
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...
(17) В¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (18) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashe...
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 DAVID LAMENTED WITH THIS LAMENTATION OVER SAUL, AND OVER JONATHAN HIS SON. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were w...
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: Ver. 17. _And David lamented._] He composed this following elegy, or epitaph, this funeral song: a usual practice among t...
2 Sam. 1:17. David's behavior on occasion of the death of Saul his (see verses 2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:12) grand persecutor, who long sought his life, and whose death was so much to his advantage, t...
_David lamented with this lamentation_ He and his servants had lamented over Saul and Jonathan before, 2 Samuel 1:12. But now he composed a song for a public and universal lamentation, than which ther...
[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...
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...
17-27 Kasheth, or "the bow," probably was the title of this mournful, funeral song. David does not commend Saul for what he was not; and says nothing of his piety or goodness. Jonathan was a dutiful...
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2 Samuel 1:17 David H1732 lamented H6969 (H8787) lamentation H7015 Saul H7586 Jonathan H3083 son H1121 lamented -...
DAVID'S LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN (2 SAMUEL 1:17). In this lamentation the writer crowns the life of Saul and leads on into the life of David. As far as the whole book is concerned Saul was a...
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...
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...
_And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son._ DAVID'S LAMENT 1. The Bible has been called “the record of human sorrows,” and so it is. There are, however, parts of t...
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 1:17 AND DAVID LAMENTED. Though terribly wronged by Saul, David chose to remember him in a generous way. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 1:17. “LAMENTED—LAMENTATION.” These words must be understood in a technical sense.… This lamentation has a peculiar interest as being the only specimen preser...
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...
2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Samuel 1:19; Genesis 50:11; Jeremiah 9:17...