"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."
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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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BEHOLD... LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._...
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_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...
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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._ 2 Samuel 1:1-12
Now it came to pass...
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_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....
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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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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...
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וַ יֹּ֜אמֶר הַ נַּ֣עַר ׀ הַ מַּגִּ֣יד
לֹ֗ו נִקְרֹ֤א נִקְרֵ֨יתִי֙ בְּ הַ֣ר
הַ גִּלְבֹּ֔עַ וְ...
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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 spen...
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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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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...
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_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)_...
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(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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Samuel 1:6 man H5288 told H5046 (H8688) said H559 (H8799) happened
H7136 (H8738) chance H7122 (H8736) Mount H2022 Gilboa H1533 Saul H7586
leaning H8172 (H8737) spear H2595 chariots H7393 horsemen H1...
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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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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.
H...
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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 David had to deal with result...
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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 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Samuel 6:9; 2 Samuel
1:21; Luke 10:31; Ruth 2:3...