Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man that told him said, (b) As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
(b) As I fled the chase.
And the young man that told him said, (b) As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
(b) As I fled the chase.
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...
BEHOLD... LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._...
_As I happened by chance_ He represents himself as accidentally finding Saul, while wandering over Mount Gilboa in the confusion of the rout. See note on 2 Samuel 1:2. _mount Gilboa_ See note on 1 Sa...
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._...
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO HIM, FROM WHENCE COMEST THOU? AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, OUT OF THE CAMP OF ISRAEL AM I ESCAPED._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
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...
UPON MOUNT GILBOA. — The battle appears to have been joined in the plain of Jezreel, but when the Israelites were routed they naturally fled up the mountain range of Gilboa, though apparently much sca...
וַ יֹּ֜אמֶר הַ נַּ֣עַר ׀ הַ מַּגִּ֣יד לֹ֗ו
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...
_Chance. He feigned this to obtain the favour of David; but the king punished him as he deserved. (Worthington) --- Spear, or sword, as it is before expressed. (Menochius)_...
(3) And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. (4) And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answe...
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...
AND THE YOUNG MAN THAT TOLD HIM,.... So it seems he was, and therefore could not be Doeg, more likely his son of the two; but there is no reason to believe he was either of them, who cannot be thought...
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. Ver. 6. _As I happened...
_Behold, Saul leaned upon his spear_ Endeavouring to run it through his body. It is plain, that what this Amalekite told David was a made story; for it is expressly said, in the foregoing chapter, tha...
[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...
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon Mount Gilboa, in the confusion of the battle and of the flight, BEHOLD, SAUL LEANED UPON HIS SPEAR, apparently so exhausted and weak...
THE MESSAGE OF THE AMALEKITE...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 1:6 man H5288 told H5046 (H8688) said H559 (H8799) happened H7136 (H8738) chance H7122 ...
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...
_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,...
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 1:6 SO I STOOD BESIDE HIM AND KILLED HIM (v. 2 Samuel 1:10). The narrator in...
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 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Samuel 6:9; 2 Samuel 1:2