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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'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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN. — By this strong expression, comparing
Jonathan’s love for David to that of the faithful wife for her
husband, David shows his appreciation of that wonderful affection
which...
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צַר ־לִ֣י עָלֶ֗יךָ אָחִי֙
יְהֹ֣ונָתָ֔ן נָעַ֥מְתָּ...
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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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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...
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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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I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou
been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of (m)
women.
(m) Either toward their husbands or their children....
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_Brother. So they lamented, Alas! my brother, Jeremias xxii. 18.
(Menochius) --- Women. He indicates the ardour of his love, not any
inordinate affection. (Du Hamel) --- I love thee more than any pers...
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(19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen! (20) Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets
of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, l...
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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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_CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.”_
‘I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast
thou been unto me; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of
women.’
2 Samuel 1:26
Two great qua...
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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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I AM DISTRESSED FOR THEE, MY BROTHER JONATHAN,.... So he was, not only
by nation and religion, but by affinity, having married the sister of
Jonathan; and still more so by affection and friendship, he...
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I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou
been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Ver. 26. _My brother Jonathan._] _Frater quasi fere alter...
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_O Jonathan, slain in thy high places_ He says _thy_, for they were in
Jonathan's country; and, had not his father disinherited him by his
sins, in his dominions. Thus David's grief, which began with...
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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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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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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...
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FOR THEE, i.e. for the loss of thee. For besides the loss of a true
friend, and all the comfort of friendship, which is inestimable, he
lost him who both could, and undoubtedly would, have given him a...
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2 Samuel 1:26 distressed H6887 (H8804) brother H251 Jonathan H3083
very H3966 pleasant H5276 (H8804) love H160 wonde
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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...
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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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2 Samuel 1:26
Two great qualities were combined in Jonathan, courage and faith. With
such qualities, who could be more fit to succeed to the sceptre of
Israel? And yet Jonathan waived all claim on beh...
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2 Samuel 1:19
I. One of the first lessons impressed upon us by this lament relates
to David's noble-minded forgetfulness of all personal injury.
II. The lament shows how David was able to take the h...
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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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_I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan._
BEREAVEMENT
Perhaps you know by experience what a choking sensation there is in
looking at an emigrant vessel clearing out, even though you have no
pe...
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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 1:17 AND DAVID LAMENTED. Though terribly
wronged by Saul, David chose to remember him in a generous way.
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:26 SURPASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN.
David’s remark does not carry any sexual overtones. Rather, he is
calling attention to Jonathan’s self-denial in giving up any right
to the...
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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...
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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 18:1; 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 20:17; 1 Samuel 20:41;...
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Distressed — That is, for the loss of thee. For, besides the loss of
a true friend, which is inestimable; he lost him who both could, and
undoubtedly would have given him a speedy, and quiet, and sure...