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Whether David believed the Amalekite’s story, or not, his anger was
equally excited, and the fact that the young man was an Amalekite, was
not calculated to calm or check it. That David’s temper was h...
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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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_the_Lord's _anointed_ The person of the king, consecrated to the
service of Jehovah by anointing, was inviolable. Compare David's
reiterated expressions on this point in 1 Samuel 24:6; 1Sa 26:9; 1
Sa...
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_David's punishment of the Amalekite._ 2 Samuel 1:13-16
13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence _art_ thou?
And he answered, I _am_ the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And Davi...
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_AND DAVID SAID UNTO HIM, HOW WAST THOU NOT AFRAID TO STRETCH FORTH
THINE HAND TO DESTROY THE LORD'S ANOINTED?_
How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the
Lord's anointed? Th...
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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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HOW WAST THOU NOT AFRAID? — David now turns to the Amalekite. It
does not matter whether he fully believed his story or not, the man
must be judged by his own account of himself. (See 2 Samuel 1:16.)...
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו דָּוִ֑ד אֵ֚יךְ
לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔
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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 spent...
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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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(13) And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. (14) And
David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch fort...
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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 DAVID SAID UNTO HIM, HOW, WAST THOU NOT AFRAID TO STRETCH FORTH
THINE HAND,.... By which it should seem that he did more than stand
upon him, and press his body, that the spear might pierce throug...
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And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
Ver. 14. _How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand, &c._]
William Parry was f...
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_The son of a stranger_ This expression signifies one who resided
among the Israelites, and had embraced their religion, though not
admitted into their communion. _David said, How wast thou not afraid...
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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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And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed? What David had not dared to
do, out of respect for the king's position and person, this st...
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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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11-16 David was sincere in his mourning for Saul; and all with him
humbled themselves under the hand of God, laid so heavily upon Israel
by this defeat. The man who brought the tidings, David put to...
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2 Samuel 1:14 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) afraid H3372 (H8804) forth
H7971 (H8800) hand H3027 destroy...
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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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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.
He...
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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 D
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 1:14 HOW IS IT YOU WERE NOT AFRAID... TO
DESTROY THE LORD’S ANOINTED? See note on 1 Sam. 24:6. As a sojourner
subject to the laws of Israel ...
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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 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Peter 2:10; Numbers
12:8