The shield of Saul. Omit the italics that follow, and supply instead "the weapon of one anointed with oil", the Hebrew k. li (or keli?) "weapons" being read instead of b. ll in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, 1488, and the Syriac and Arabic Versions and Chaldee paraphrase.
Verse 2 Samuel 1:21. AS THOUGH HE HAD _NOT_ BEEN] In stead of בלי _beli_, NOT, I read כלי _keley_, INSTRUMENTS. _ANOINTED WITH OIL._] See the observations at the end. 2 Samuel 1:18, c.: _He bade th...
LET THERE BE NO DEW ... - For a similar passionate form of poetical malediction, compare Job 3:3; Jeremiah 20:14. NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS - He imprecates such complete barrenness on the soil of Gilboa...
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...
_let there be no dew_, &c. The language is poetical. Nature is as it were summoned to share in the mourning. The scene of such a terrible disaster should be unvisited by fertilizing dew and rain, and...
YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA, LET THERE BE NO DEW, &C.— Dr. Delaney renders this verse thus: _Mountains of Gilboa, nor dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of waved offerings; for there the shield of the brave...
_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 MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA, LET THERE BE NO DEW, NEITHER LET THERE BE RAIN, UPON YOU, NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS: FOR THERE THE SHIELD OF THE MIGHTY IS VILELY CAST AWAY, THE SHIELD OF SAUL, AS THOUGH HE HAD...
1:21 of (a-3) Or 'in.' heave-offerings! (b-17) i.e. which produce the wherewithal for heave-offerings....
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...
FIELDS OF OFFERINGS] fields bearing produce, from which firstfruits are offered. NOT.. ANOINTED WITH OIL] It is doubtful if this refers to Saul or his shield. Shields were greased to preserye the leat...
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...
NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS. — This somewhat obscure expression seems to mean, “Let there not be upon you those fruitful fields from which may be gathered the offerings of first-fruits.” Of course, this m...
הָרֵ֣י בַ † גִּלְבֹּ֗עַ אַל ־טַ֧ל וְ...
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 mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor (i) fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as thoug...
Fruits, which may be offered to the Lord. Inanimate things could not offend, nor does David curse them in earnest. But (Tirinus) nothing could more strikingly express his distress and grief, than this...
(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 MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA,.... On which fell Saul and his sons, and many of the people of Israel, 2 Samuel 1:6; [LET THERE BE] NO DEW, NEITHER [LET THERE BE] RAIN UPON YOU; which is not to understood as...
Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he...
_Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew_, &c. This is not an imprecation, but a passionate expression of the sorrow and horror which he felt at this public disgrace and loss, which were such as i...
[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...
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you nor fields of offerings, of first-fruits; the heavens should withhold their moisture, and the earth should refuse to giv...
David's Lament...
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...
LET THERE BE NO DEW, NEITHER LET THERE BE RAIN, UPON YOU: this is no proper imprecation; which he had no reason to inflict upon those harmless mountains; but only a passionate representation of the ho...
2 Samuel 1:21 mountains H2022 Gilboa H1533 dew H2919 rain H4306 fields H7704 offerings H8641 shield H4043 mighty H1368
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...
_Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew._ THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SPEAKING BETTER THINGS THAN THE BLOOD OF SAUL These words form a part of that song of lamentation which David composed after that Sa...
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 1:21 LET THERE BE NO DEW OR RAIN... NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS! David wishes for lack of blessing on the place where Saul and Jonathan died. The line THE SHIELD OF THE MIGHTY WA...
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 Chronicles 10:1; 1 Chronicles 10:8; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 31:1;...
Let there be, &c. — This is no proper imprecation; but a passionate representation of the horror which he conceived at this publick loss; which was such, as if he thought every person or thing which c...