Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 1:18
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah (g) [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)
(g) That they might be able to match their enemies the Philistines in that art.
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah (g) [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)
(g) That they might be able to match their enemies the Philistines in that art.
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....
THE USE OF THE BOW - Omit “the use of.” “The bow” is the name by which this dirge was known, being so called from the mention of Jonathan’s bow in 2 Samuel 1:22. The sense would then be: And he comman...
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...
CHILDREN. sons. THE USE OF. The _Ellipsis_ is wrongly supplied. The word "Lamentation" should be repeated from 2 Samuel 1:17. "The Bow" being the _subject_ of the Lamentation (2 Samuel 1:22). the BOW...
_also he bade_, &c. AND HE GAVE COMMANDMENT TO TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THE BOW. The E. V. cannot be right in inserting "the use of," for the bow was a weapon already in common use. If the text is...
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...
ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THE USE OF THE BOW— Read, says Mr. Locke, _the bow;_ the words, _the use of,_ not being in the original; for that which the sons of Judah were commanded t...
_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...
_(ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THE USE OF THE BOW: BEHOLD, IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JASHER.)_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1:18 the (b-13) Or 'the [use of the].' Jasher. (c-23) See Joshua 10:13 ....
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...
_The use of_ THE BOW] RV '_the song of_ the bow,' lit. 'the bow.' The text of this v. is doubtful, but if the words are right, 'the bow' will be the title of the lamentation following. There is, howev...
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...
THE USE OF THE BOW. — The words in italics, _the use of,_ are not in the original, and should be omitted. David “bade them teach the children of Judah the bow”: i.e., the following dirge called “the b...
וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר לְ לַמֵּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי ־יְהוּדָ֖ה קָ֑
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...
Bow. So this canticle was entitled, because it spoke in praise of the bow and arrows of Saul and Jonathan, ver. 22. So one of the works of Hesiod is called "a buckler;" of Theocritus "a flute;" of Sim...
(17) В¶ 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, it is written in the book of Jashe...
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 SONG OF THE BOW_ ‘Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow.’ 2 Samuel 1:18 I. THE SONG OF THE BOW.—We never come to this Song of the Bow without being struck afresh wit...
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...
(ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH [THE USE] OF THE BOW,.... These words, with what follow in this verse, are rightly put into a parenthesis, since they do not begin nor make any part of t...
2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.) Ver. 18. _Also he bade them teach._] Or, And he spake it to teach, &...
_And bade them teach the children of Judah_ Among whom he now was, and over whom he first reigned; _the use of the bow_ While he made lamentation for the dead, he did not neglect the living: that they...
[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...
(also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow, he commanded that this song be practiced, learned by heart; BEHOLD, IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JASHER, it was a battle-song recorde...
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...
JASHER: Or, of the upright...
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...
Also: having mentioned David's lamentation in general, before he comes to the particular description of it, he interposeth this verse by way of parenthesis; to signify, that David did not so give up h...
2 Samuel 1:18 told H559 (H8799) teach H3925 (H8763) children H1121 Judah H3063 Bow H7198 written H3789 ...
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 1:18 The Bow is the title given to David's poem, and it should rather read "Also he bade them teach the children of Israel the song of the bow." David turned the death of Saul in his song int...
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...
_The use of the bow, _ I. Activity is a valuable solace for sorrow:--The people were very grieved; for Saul and Jonathan, the king and the crown prince, were slain. David indulges their grief: he wri...
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 1:18 IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT refers to the lament that follows. Compare the heading of Psalms 60:1, “A Miktam of David; for instruction.” The...
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...
Deuteronomy 4:10; Genesis 49:8; Joshua 10:13...
Judah — These he more particularly teacheth, because they were the chief, and now the royal tribe, and likely to be the great bulwark to all Israel against the Philistines, upon whose land they border...