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 David's successful attack upon Ziklag. He had not heard of the events narrated in 1 Samuel 31.
THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL -Year from the Creation, 2949. -Year before the Incarnation, 1055. -Year before the first Olympiad, 279. -Year before the building of Rome, 302. -Year of the Julian Peri...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS ... - There is no break whatever between the two books of Samuel, the division being purely artificial....
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 SLAUGHTER. Compare 1 Samuel 30:17 ZIKLAG. Compare 1 Samuel 27:6....
THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, otherwise called, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS Ch. 2 Samuel 1:1-16. The news of Saul's death brought to David 1. _Now it came to pass_, &c. The narrative of the closing...
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._...
_NOW IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THE DEATH OF SAUL, WHEN DAVID WAS RETURNED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE AMALEKITES, AND DAVID HAD ABODE TWO DAYS IN ZIKLAG;_ David had abode two days in Ziklag. Though greatly...
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...
AFTER THE DEATH OF SAUL. — These words are immediately connected with 1 Samuel 31, and the following words, “when David was returned,” refer to 1 Samuel 30. The two books really form one continuous na...
וַ יְהִ֗י אַֽחֲרֵי֙ מֹ֣ות שָׁא֔וּל וְ דָוִ֣ד
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...
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; The Argument - This book and the former are called Sa...
_Siceleg, though it had been burnt down. (Salien, the year of the world 2949.)_...
CONTENTS The event of the battle between Israel and the Philistines, in the overthrow of Israel and the death of Saul, and his three sons, this chapter opens with the relation of, as reported to David...
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...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THE DEATH OF SAUL,.... The third day after, as appears from the next verse: WHEN DAVID WAS RETURNED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE AMALEKITES; as related in 1 Samuel 30:17; AND...
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; Ver. 1. _Now it came to pass._] Heb., And it came to...
_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...
THE MESSAGE OF THE AMALEKITE...
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, as related in the last chapter, WHEN DAVID WAS RETURNED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE AMALEKITES, 1 Samuel 30, AND DAVID HAD ABODE TWO DAYS IN ZIKLAG,...
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 CHAPTER 1 David being at Ziklag receiveth tidings by an Amalekite of Saul and Jonathan's death: the messenger pretendeth himself to have killed Saul 2 SAMUEL 1:1. David causeth him to be put...
2 Samuel 1:1 after H310 death H4194 Saul H7586 David H1732 returned H7725 (H8804) slaughter H5221 (H8687) Amalekites...
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...
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...
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
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 27:6; 1 Samuel 30:17...
Ziklag — Which though burnt, yet was not so consumed by the fire, that David and his men could not lodge in it....
1 SAMUEL 31 — The report of Saul’s death in this passage contradicts that given in the next chapter (2 Samuel 1) PROBLEM: First Samuel 31 says that King Saul committed suicide by falling on his sword,...