Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 1:24
The women of Israel are most happily introduced. They who had come out to meet king Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music” in the day of victory, are now called to weep over him.
The women of Israel are most happily introduced. They who had come out to meet king Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music” in the day of victory, are now called to weep over him.
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...
_Ye daughters of Israel_ The women who had once celebrated Saul's triumphs, and shared the spoil of his victories, are summoned to lament his loss. This incidental mention indicates how much Saul's su...
YE DAUGHTERS, OF ISRAEL, WEEP— Nothing can be more elegant than this verse: while the _warriors_ of Israel lamented their chiefs, the divine poet calls upon the _women_ of the land to shed their tears...
_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...
_YE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL, WEEP OVER SAUL, WHO CLOTHED YOU IN SCARLET, WITH OTHER DELIGHTS, WHO PUT ON ORNAMENTS OF GOLD UPON YOUR APPAREL._ Ye daughters of Israel. The reference is to the bands of you...
1:24 splendour, (c-14) Or 'delights.'...
Scarlet.. GOLD] These were the ordinary ornaments of a Hebrew woman: cp. Jeremiah 4:30....
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...
CLOTHED YOU IN SCARLET. — This refers to Saul’s division among the people of the spoil of his conquered foes, and to the prosperity resulting from his many successful campaigns. Notwithstanding that h...
בְּנֹות֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל ־שָׁא֖וּל בְּכֶ֑ינָה 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...
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, (l) with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (l) As rich garments and costly jewels....
(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...
YE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL, WEEP OVER SAUL,.... In their mournful elegies; WHO CLOTHED YOU WITH SCARLET, WITH [OTHER] DELIGHTS; not only with scarlet, but with other fine and delightful apparel, such as...
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. Ver. 24. _Ye daughters of Israel._] Women love fine array: s...
_Ye daughters of Jerusalem, weep over Saul_ “Nothing,” says Dr. Dodd, “can be more elegant than this verse: while the warriors of Israel lamented their chiefs, the divine poet calls upon the women of...
[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...
David's Lament...
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, in crimson or purple garments from the booty of war, WITH OTHER DELIGHTS, adornments that pleased them; WHO PUT ON ORNAMENTS OF GOLD...
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...
YE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL: these he mentions, partly because the women then used to make songs, both of triumph and of lamentation, as occasion required; and partly because they usually are most delighte...
2 Samuel 1:24 daughters H1323 Israel H3478 over H1058 (H8798) Saul H7586 clothed H3847 (H8688) scarlet H8144 luxur
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...
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...
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 1:24 SCARLET cloth, colored with a dye made from the dried bodies of an insect, was a sign of prosperity (Proverbs 31:21)....
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 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Timothy 2:9; Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 2:3
Daughters — These he mentions; because the women then used to make songs both of triumph, and of lamentation, and, because they usually are most delighted with the ornaments of the body here following...