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THE BEAUTY ... - i. e. Saul and Jonathan who were the chief ornament
and pride of Israel, and slain upon “high places” 2 Samuel 1:25,
namely, on Mount Gilboa....
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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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BEAUTY. gazelle. Symbolic of beauty and grace....
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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 beauty of Israel_, &c. Better, THY BEAUTY (lit. _the beauty_), O
ISRAEL, UPON THINE HIGH PLACES IS SLAIN. Saul and Jonathan are thus
described as the chief ornament and honour of Israel. The word...
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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL IS SLAIN UPON THY HIGH PLACES— As Jonathan's
death touched David the nearest, it was natural that he should be the
first object of his lamentation. _Beauty or glory of Israel, sla...
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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 BEAUTY OF ISRAEL IS SLAIN UPON THY HIGH PLACES: HOW ARE THE
MIGHTY FALLEN!_
The beauty of Israel - literally, the gazelle or antelope of Israel
(cf. 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Song of
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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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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL, in the sense of the glory or ornament of Israel,
referring to Saul and Jonathan. The rendering of the Syriac and some
commentators, “the gazelle,” as a poetic name for Jonathan,...
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הַ צְּבִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַל
־בָּמֹותֶ֖יךָ חָלָ֑ל...
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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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The beauty of Israel is (h) slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen!
(h) Meaning Saul....
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Illustrious. Hebrew, "the glory (beauty, hart, &c.) of Israel hath
been pierced," &c. The comparison of Saul with a hart, is noble enough
in the ideas of the ancients, Psalm xvii. 34., Canticle of Can...
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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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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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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL IS SLAIN UPON THY HIGH PLACES,.... The high
mountains of Gilboa, where Saul their king, and Jonathan his son, a
prince of the blood, and natural heir to the crown, and multitudes...
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The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty
fallen!
Ver. 19. _The beauty of Israel._] Here beginneth this sad sonnet,
whereof this verse is the foot, and is therefore repea...
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_The beauty of Israel_ Hebrew, הצבי, _hatsebi; the honour, glory,
flower_, or _ornament_, meaning Saul and Jonathan, and their army.
Delaney understands the expression only of Jonathan, and observes,...
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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 beauty, the glory, OF ISRAEL IS SLAIN UPON THY HIGH PLACES,
namely, by the death of Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa. NOW ARE THE
MIGHTY FALLEN!...
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David's Lament...
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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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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL; their flower and glory, Saul and Jonathan, and
their army, consisting of young and valiant men. UPON THY HIGH PLACES,
i.e. those which belong to thee, O land of Israel. HOW ARE T...
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2 Samuel 1:19 beauty H6643 Israel H3478 slain H2491 places H1116
mighty H1368 fallen H5307 (H8804)
beauty -...
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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 1:19
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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_The beauty of Israel is slain._
THE FALL OF CHRISTIANS
We have here an illustration of the degenerating influences of sin
upon the character of Christians, and the lamentable effects in the
eyes of...
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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 1:19 HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN! This is
the theme line of David’s lament for Saul and Jonathan, repeated in
vv. 2 Samuel 1:25,...
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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 31:8; 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 1:25; 2 Samuel 1:27; Deute