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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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SWIFTER... STRONGER. Figure of speech _Hyperbole.App-6._...
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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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_lovely and pleasant_ Perhaps rather, LOVING AND KINDLY. The words
express the mutual affection which existed between father and son.
Jonathan remained faithful to his filial duty even when his father...
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SAUL AND JONATHAN WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES— David
means in this verse to express the union of Saul and Jonathan by
friendship in life, and by the same common fate in death; and he does...
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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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_SAUL AND JONATHAN WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN
THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED: THEY WERE SWIFTER THAN EAGLES, THEY
WERE STRONGER THAN LIONS._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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LOVELY AND PLEASANT. — This applies peculiarly to Jonathan, but also
in a good degree to Saul in his earlier years and his better moments,
which David chose at this moment to recall. It also applies t...
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שָׁא֣וּל וִ יהֹונָתָ֗ן הַ
נֶּאֱהָבִ֤ים וְ הַ
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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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Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not (k) divided: they were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.
(k) They died both together in...
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Lovely, or united. Jonathan always behaved with due respect towards
his father, though he could not enter into his unjust animosity
against David. (Calmet) --- The latter passes over in silence all th...
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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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SAUL AND JONATHAN [WERE] LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES,.... To
one another, had no quarrel or difference with each other, only on the
account of David; otherwise they agreed together in the court...
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Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they
were stronger than lions.
Ver. 23. _Lovely and pleasant in t...
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_Saul and Jonathan were lovely_ Hebrew, הנאהבים, _hanneehabim,
were loved_, namely, by each other, and by the people. _And pleasant
in their lives_ Amiable and obliging in their carriage and
conversat...
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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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Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant, worthy of lore, beloved,
and amiable, IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED.
United by love in life, they were bound together in death, t...
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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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PLEASANT:
Or, sweet...
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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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PLEASANT; amiable and obliging in their carriage and conversation,
both towards one another, and towards their people; for as for Saul's
fierce behaviour towards Jonathan, 1 SAMUEL 20:30,33, it was on...
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2 Samuel 1:23 Saul H7586 Jonathan H3083 beloved H157 (H8737) pleasant
H5273 lives H2416 death H4194 divided H6504 ...
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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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_Lovely and pleasant in their lives._
THE MASTER AND THE DISCIPLE
The words from the elegy of David far Saul and Jonathan, describe
their character and relations in both life and death.
1. Great val...
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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 Chronicles 12:8; 1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 20:2; 1 Samuel 31:1;...
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Lovely — Amiable, and obliging in their carriage and conversation,
both towards one another, and towards their people: for, as for Saul's
fierce behaviour towards Jonathan, it was only a sudden passio...