On the third day; from David's return to Ziklag, as the foregoing words manifest. With his clothes rent, and earth upon his head; pretending sorrow for the loss of God's people, in compliance with David's humour.
Verse 2 Samuel 1:2. _A MAN CAME OUT OF THE CAMP_] The whole account which this young man gives is a fabrication: in many of the particulars it is grossly _self-contradictory_. There is no _fact_ in t...
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 THIRD DAY. See note on 1 Samuel 30:12. _behold. Figure of speech Asterismos._ App-6. MAN _. Hebrew. 'ish._ App-14....
_on the third day_ The exact position of Ziklag in the _Negeb_, or "South country," has not been determined. But if we may place it in the neighbourhood of Beersheba (see note on 1 Samuel 27:6), the d...
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._...
_IT CAME EVEN TO PASS ON THE THIRD DAY, THAT, BEHOLD, A MAN CAME OUT OF THE CAMP FROM SAUL WITH HIS CLOTHES RENT, AND EARTH UPON HIS HEAD: AND SO IT WAS, WHEN HE CAME TO DAVID, THAT HE FELL TO THE EAR...
WITH HIS CLOTHES RENT, etc.] In 1 Samuel 4:12, which describes the arrival of the messenger at Shiloh with tidings of the capture of the ark, these were the same indications that he was the bearer of...
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...
ON THE THIRD DAY — viz., after David’s return, not the third day after Saul’s death. DID OBEISANCE. — The following verses show that this was not merely an act of Oriental respect, but was intended as...
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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...
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with (a) his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to th...
(2) It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the...
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...
IT CAME TO PASS ON THE THIRD DAY,.... After the battle was fought, in which Saul was slain: THAT, BEHOLD, A MAN CAME OUT OF THE CAMP FROM SAUL; that is, from them who were in the camp with Saul, for...
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ea...
_David had abode two days in Ziklag_ Which, it appears from this, the Amalekites had not so burned down that David and his men could not lodge in it. _On the third day_ From David's return to Ziklag....
[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...
it came even to pass on the third day that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, a man who had fought in the Israelitish army, WITH HIS CLOTHES RENT AND EARTH UPON HIS HEAD, as a sign of the...
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...
1-10 The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he...
2 Samuel 1:2 third H7992 day H3117 man H376 came H935 (H8802) Sauls H7586 camp H4264 clothes H899 torn...
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...
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...
_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
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 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 25:23; 1 Samuel 4:12; 1 Samuel 4:16; 2
Third day — From David's return to Ziklag. With his clothes rent, &c. — As a mourner....