From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, considered a sign of great strength, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty; both heroes were accustomed to gain complete victories, to destroy every opposing enemy, their bravery, their prowess, was known far and wide.
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...
_From the blood_, &c. In the figurative language of poetry arrows are represented as _drinking blood_, the sword as _eating flesh_. See Deuteronomy 32:42; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 46:10. the bow of Jonat...
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...
FROM THE BLOOD OF THE SLAIN, &C.— The Hebrew is חללים מדם _middam chalalim,_ which words, as מ _mem_ is allowed by Noldius to signify _without,_ may be thus rendered; _without the blood of the warrior...
_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...
_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._ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, х_ G...
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...
In this figurative language, the bow is represented as drinking the blood of the slain and the sword as eating the fat of the mighty: cp. Deuteronomy 32:42; Isaiah 34:6. TURNED NOT BACK] i.e. empty, a...
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...
מִ דַּ֣ם חֲלָלִ֗ים מֵ חֵ֨לֶב֙ גִּבֹּורִ֔ים ק֚
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...
_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...
(19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! (20) Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, l...
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...
FROM THE BLOOD OF THE SLAIN, FROM THE FAT OF THE MIGHTY, THE BOW OF JONATHAN TURNED NOT BACK,.... That is, it always did execution, the arrows shot frown it pierced into men, shed their blood, and sle...
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. Ver. 22. _From the blood of the slain._] The sword is in Script...
_The bow of Jonathan returned not back_ Without effect. The arrows shot from his bow did not miss their mark, but pierced deep into the fat and flesh, the heart and bowels, and shed _the blood of the...
[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...
TURNED NOT BACK, to wit, without effect: compare ISAIAH 45:23, ISAIAH 55:2. Their arrows shot from their bows, and their swords, did seldom miss, and commonly pierced fat, and flesh, and blood, and re...
2 Samuel 1:22 blood H1818 slain H2491 fat H2459 mighty H1368 bow H7198 Jonathan H3083 turn H7734 (H8738) back...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 1:19 I. One of the first lessons impressed upon us by this lament relates to David's noble-minded forgetfulness of all personal injury. II. The lament shows how David was able to take the h...
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...
_Tell it not in Gath._ THE ELEGY We are far from assigning She peculiar complexion of this elegy to that mere commonplace thing which goes by the name, though most wrongfully, of charity; but which s...
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. ⇐...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:22 BLOOD and FAT are often used as a word pair to refer to the whole of a sacrifice. For BOW OF JONATHAN, see...
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...
1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 18:4; Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 34:7...
Not back — Without effect: their arrows shot from their bow, and their swords did seldom miss, and commonly pierced fat, and flesh, and blood, and reached even to the heart and bowels. Returned not, &...