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Verse 2 Samuel 1:18. THE USE OF _THE BOW_] _The use of_ is not in the
Hebrew; it is simply _the bow_, that is, a song thus entitled. See the
observations at the end. 2 Samuel 1:21....
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THE USE OF THE BOW - Omit “the use of.” “The bow” is the name
by which this dirge was known, being so called from the mention of
Jonathan’s bow in 2 Samuel 1:22. The sense would then be: And he
comman...
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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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CHILDREN. sons.
THE USE OF. The _Ellipsis_ is wrongly supplied. The word "Lamentation"
should be repeated from 2 Samuel 1:17. "The Bow" being the _subject_
of the Lamentation (2 Samuel 1:22). the
BOW...
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_also he bade_, &c. AND HE GAVE COMMANDMENT TO TEACH THE CHILDREN OF
JUDAH THE BOW. The E. V. cannot be right in inserting "the use of,"
for the bow was a weapon already in common use. If the text is...
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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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ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THE USE OF THE BOW—
Read, says Mr. Locke, _the bow;_ the words, _the use of,_ not being in
the original; for that which the sons of Judah were commanded t...
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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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_(ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THE USE OF THE BOW:
BEHOLD, IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JASHER.)_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1:18 the (b-13) Or 'the [use of the].' Jasher. (c-23) See Joshua 10:13
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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 USE OF THE BOW. — The words in italics, _the use of,_ are not in
the original, and should be omitted. David “bade them teach the
children of Judah the bow”: i.e., the following dirge called “the
b...
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וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר לְ לַמֵּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי
־יְהוּדָ֖ה קָ֑
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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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(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah (g) [the use of] the
bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)
(g) That they might be able to match their enemies the Philistines in
that art...
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Bow. So this canticle was entitled, because it spoke in praise of the
bow and arrows of Saul and Jonathan, ver. 22. So one of the works of
Hesiod is called "a buckler;" of Theocritus "a flute;" of Sim...
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(17) В¶ 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, it is written in the book of Jashe...
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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 SONG OF THE BOW_
‘Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the
bow.’
2 Samuel 1:18
I. THE SONG OF THE BOW.—We never come to this Song of the Bow
without being struck afresh wit...
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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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(ALSO HE BADE THEM TEACH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH [THE USE] OF THE
BOW,.... These words, with what follow in this verse, are rightly put
into a parenthesis, since they do not begin nor make any part of t...
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2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use
of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)
Ver. 18. _Also he bade them teach._] Or, And he spake it to teach,
&...
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_And bade them teach the children of Judah_ Among whom he now was, and
over whom he first reigned; _the use of the bow_ While he made
lamentation for the dead, he did not neglect the living: that they...
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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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(also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow, he
commanded that this song be practiced, learned by heart; BEHOLD, IT IS
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JASHER, it was a battle-song recorde...
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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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JASHER:
Or, of the upright...
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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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Also: having mentioned David's lamentation in general, before he comes
to the particular description of it, he interposeth this verse by way
of parenthesis; to signify, that David did not so give up h...
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2 Samuel 1:18 told H559 (H8799) teach H3925 (H8763) children H1121
Judah H3063 Bow H7198 written H3789 ...
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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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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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2 Samuel 1:18
The Bow is the title given to David's poem, and it should rather read
"Also he bade them teach the children of Israel the song of the bow."
David turned the death of Saul in his song int...
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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 use of the bow, _
I.
Activity is a valuable solace for sorrow:--The people were very
grieved; for Saul and Jonathan, the king and the crown prince, were
slain. David indulges their grief: he wri...
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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 1:18 IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT refers to the
lament that follows. Compare the heading of Psalms 60:1, “A Miktam
of David; for instruction.” 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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Deuteronomy 4:10; Genesis 49:8; Joshua 10:13...
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Judah — These he more particularly teacheth, because they were the
chief, and now the royal tribe, and likely to be the great bulwark to
all Israel against the Philistines, upon whose land they border...