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Gath, the royal city of Achish 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 27:2. Askelon,
the chief seat of worship (1 Samuel 31:10 note)....
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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...
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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...
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_Tell it not in Gath_, &c. Gath on account of its political
importance, Askelon as a great religious centre, are chosen as
representative of the whole country. Gath seems to have had special
prominenc...
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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...
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_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...
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_TELL IT NOT IN GATH, PUBLISH IT NOT IN THE STREETS OF ASKELON; LEST
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES REJOICE, LEST THE DAUGHTERS OF THE
UNCIRCUMCISED TRIUMPH._
Tell it not in Gath ... In David's tim...
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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...
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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...
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IN GATH... IN THE STREETS OF ASKELON. — Two chief cities of the
Philistines, poetically put for the whole. In the former David had
himself resided (1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 27:3), and in the latter wa...
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אַל ־תַּגִּ֣ידוּ בְ גַ֔ת אַֽל
־תְּבַשְּׂר֖וּ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Triumph. He was aware of the exultation of the infidels. (Haydock)_...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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TELL [IT] NOT IN GATH,.... One of the five principalities of the
Philistines, and the chief of them, being raised to a kingdom, and
whose king was at the head of the armies of the Philistines that
eng...
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_Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon;
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of
the uncircumcised triumph._
Ver. 20. _Tell it not in Gath._] _...
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_Tell it not in Gath_, &c. Such a lamentable misfortune and disgrace,
David would, if possible, have concealed from all the enemies of
Israel. And he finely insinuates in these words what matter of tr...
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[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...
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Tell it not in Gath, publish, announce, IT NOT IN THE STREETS OF
ASKELON, these being two of the five large Philistine cities, LEST THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES REJOICE, LEST THE DAUGHTERS OF THE...
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David's Lament...
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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...
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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 1:20 Tell H5046 (H8686) Gath H1661 Proclaim H1319 (H8762)
streets H2351 Ashkelon H831 daughters H1323 Phil
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_The beauty of Israel is slain._
THE FALL OF CHRISTIANS
We have here an illustration of the degenerating influences of sin
upon the character of Christians, and the lamentable effects in the
eyes of...
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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
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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.
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:20 GATH and ASHKELON are Philistine
cities. David does not want the Philistines to rejoice over Saul’s
death....
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 S
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Tell it not — This is not a precept, but a poetical wish; whereby he
doth not so much desire, that this might not be done, which he knew to
be impossible; as, express his great sorrow, because it woul...