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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 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...
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AND HE SMOTE HIM, THAT HE DIED— Though it be a maxim of the Jewish
law, that no man should be condemned out of the mouth of one witness,
and that no man's confession should be taken solely against him...
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_David's punishment of the Amalekite._ 2 Samuel 1:13-16
13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence _art_ thou?
And he answered, I _am_ the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And Davi...
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_AND DAVID CALLED ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN, AND SAID, GO NEAR, AND FALL
UPON HIM. AND HE SMOTE HIM THAT HE DIED._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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וַ יִּקְרָ֣א דָוִ֗ד לְ אַחַד֙ מֵֽ הַ
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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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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...
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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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(13) And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. (14) And
David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch fort...
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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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AND DAVID CALLED ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN,.... His servants that attended
on him:
AND SAID, GO NEAR, [AND] FALL UPON HIM; by smiting him with his sword:
AND HE SMOTE HIM, THAT HE DIED; his orders were i...
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And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall
upon him. And he smote him that he died.
Ver. 15. _And he smote him that he died._] And alike sped those that
murdered Ishbosheth,...
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_He smote him that he died_ Abarbinel thinks that, as the man was an
Amalekite, David supposed that he had killed Saul out of revenge for
the slaughter he had made of the Amalekites. But, if not; if t...
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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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And David called one of the young men and said, Go near and fall upon
him. David here spoke the sentence of death by virtue of his position
as Saul's successor, upon a self-confessed murderer. AND HE...
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THE MESSAGE OF THE AMALEKITE...
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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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11-16 David was sincere in his mourning for Saul; and all with him
humbled themselves under the hand of God, laid so heavily upon Israel
by this defeat. The man who brought the tidings, David put to...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Samuel 1:15 David H1732 called H7121 (H8799) one H259 men H5288 said
H559 (H8799) near H5066 ...
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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...
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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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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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_A man came out of the camp._
THE MAN WHO PROFESSED TO HAVE SLAIN SAUL
On the day that Saul fell by his own hand, and before his body had
been discovered by the Philistines, an Amalekite, passing by,...
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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 1:15 GO, EXECUTE HIM. David believed the
Amalekite’s story (but see note on vv. 6–10). On that basis he had
him executed. David’s action shows he had no part in Saul’s death....
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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...
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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 Kings 2:25; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46; 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Samuel 2