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 Period, 3659. -Year of the Dionysian Period, 467. -Cycle of the Sun, 19. -Cycle of the Moon, 11. CHA... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:2. _A MAN CAME OUT OF THE CAMP_] The whole account which this young man gives is a fabrication: in many of the particulars it is grossly _self-contradictory_. There is no _fact_ in the case but the bringing of the _crown_, or _diadem_, and _bracelets_ of Saul; which, as he appears t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:8. _I_ AM _AN AMALEK__ite._] Dr. Delaney remarks that an Amalekite took that crown from off the head of Saul, which he had forfeited by his disobedience in the case of Amalek.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:10. _THE CROWN - AND THE BRACELET_] The crown was probably no more than a royal _fillet_ or _diadem_, both being the ensigns of royalty. It is sometimes customary in the _East_ for a sovereign prince to give a _crown_ and _bracelets_, when investing others with dominion or authority... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:16. _THY BLOOD_ BE _UPON THY HEAD_] If he killed Saul, as he said he did, then he deserved death; at that time it was not known to the contrary, and this man was executed on his own confession.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:17. _DAVID LAMENTED_] See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter. 2 Samuel 1:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Samuel 1:18. THE USE OF _THE BOW_] _The use of_ is not in the Hebrew; it is simply _the bow_, that is, a song thus entitled. See the observations at the end. 2 Samuel 1:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 them teach the children of Judah_ the use of _the bow_, _kasheth_. The word _kasheth_ is to be underst... [ Continue Reading ]