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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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_O Jonathan_, thou wast _slain in thine high places_ O JONATHAN, SLAIN
UPON THINE HIGH PLACES! The insertion of _thou wast_weakens the force
and pathos. Cp. 2 Samuel 1:19. The hero of a hundred fights...
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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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HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN, &C.!— David's grief, as it began with
Jonathan, naturally ends with him. It is well known, that we lament
ourselves in the loss of our friends, and David was no way solicito...
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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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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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O JONATHAN, _thou wast_ SLAIN IN THINE HIGH PLACES] RV 'Jonathan is
slain upon thy high places.' The address is to Israel....
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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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אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבֹּרִ֔ים בְּ תֹ֖וךְ
הַ מִּל
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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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_Battle. Hebrew, "in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, thou warrior
upon thy high places!" (Kennicott, Diss. i. p. 123.)_...
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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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HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE!.... The mighty
and valiant men of war, the common soldiers as well as their general
officers, whose loss David mourns, and the repetition of shows...
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How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,
[thou wast] slain in thine high places.
Ver. 25. _In the midst of the battle._] Making good their station, and
dying on the place: no...
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_O Jonathan, slain in thy high places_ He says _thy_, for they were in
Jonathan's country; and, had not his father disinherited him by his
sins, in his dominions. Thus David's grief, which began with...
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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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David's Lament...
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How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou
wast slain in thine high places! Here the key-note of the entire
lament is once more sounded, with special reference to Jonathan....
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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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WHICH WERE IN THY COUNTRY, and (had not thy father disinherited thee
by his sins) in thy dominions....
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2 Samuel 1:25 mighty H1368 fallen H5307 (H8804) midst H8432 battle
H4421 Jonathan H3083 slain H2491 places H1116
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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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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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2 Samuel 1:25
This poem owes much of its admirableness to the fact that it combines
the passionate love of country and the true love of a friend. If ever
a man was born for friendship it was David the...
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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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_How are the mighty fallen._
THE DIRGE OF THE MIGHTY
“How are the mighty fallen”--the words sound in our ears like a
deep undertone in some mournful harmony. The warrior-bard is
celebrating the memo...
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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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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 14:13; 2 Samuel 1:19; 2 Samuel 1:27; Judges 5:18;...
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Thine — Which were in thy country, and (had not thy father
disinherited thee by his sins) in thy dominions....