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Verse 2 Samuel 1:21. AS THOUGH HE HAD _NOT_ BEEN] In stead of בלי
_beli_, NOT, I read כלי _keley_, INSTRUMENTS.
_ANOINTED WITH OIL._] See the observations at the end.
2 Samuel 1:18, c.: _He bade th...
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LET THERE BE NO DEW ... - For a similar passionate form of poetical
malediction, compare Job 3:3; Jeremiah 20:14.
NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS - He imprecates such complete barrenness on
the soil of 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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THE SHIELD OF SAUL. Omit the italics that follow, and supply instead
"the weapon of one anointed with oil", the Hebrew _k. li (or keli?)_
"weapons" being read instead of _b. ll_ in the first edition o...
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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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_let there be no dew_, &c. The language is poetical. Nature is as it
were summoned to share in the mourning. The scene of such a terrible
disaster should be unvisited by fertilizing dew and rain, and...
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YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA, LET THERE BE NO DEW, &C.— Dr. Delaney
renders this verse thus: _Mountains of Gilboa, nor dew nor rain upon
you, nor fields of waved offerings; for there the shield of the brave...
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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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_YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA, LET THERE BE NO DEW, NEITHER LET THERE BE
RAIN, UPON YOU, NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS: FOR THERE THE SHIELD OF THE
MIGHTY IS VILELY CAST AWAY, THE SHIELD OF SAUL, AS THOUGH HE HAD...
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1:21 of (a-3) Or 'in.' heave-offerings! (b-17) i.e. which produce the
wherewithal for heave-offerings....
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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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NOR FIELDS OF OFFERINGS. — This somewhat obscure expression seems to
mean, “Let there not be upon you those fruitful fields from which
may be gathered the offerings of first-fruits.” Of course, this
m...
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הָרֵ֣י בַ † גִּלְבֹּ֗עַ אַל ־טַ֧ל וְ...
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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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Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be]
rain, upon you, nor (i) fields of offerings: for there the shield of
the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as thoug...
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Fruits, which may be offered to the Lord. Inanimate things could not
offend, nor does David curse them in earnest. But (Tirinus) nothing
could more strikingly express his distress and grief, than this...
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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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YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA,.... On which fell Saul and his sons, and many
of the people of Israel, 2 Samuel 1:6;
[LET THERE BE] NO DEW, NEITHER [LET THERE BE] RAIN UPON YOU; which is
not to understood as...
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Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be]
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the
mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he...
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_Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew_, &c. This is not an
imprecation, but a passionate expression of the sorrow and horror
which he felt at this public disgrace and loss, which were such as i...
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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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David's Lament...
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Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain
upon you nor fields of offerings, of first-fruits; the heavens should
withhold their moisture, and the earth should refuse to giv...
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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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LET THERE BE NO DEW, NEITHER LET THERE BE RAIN, UPON YOU: this is no
proper imprecation; which he had no reason to inflict upon those
harmless mountains; but only a passionate representation of the ho...
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2 Samuel 1:21 mountains H2022 Gilboa H1533 dew H2919 rain H4306 fields
H7704 offerings H8641 shield H4043 mighty H1368
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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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_Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew._
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SPEAKING BETTER THINGS THAN THE BLOOD OF SAUL
These words form a part of that song of lamentation which David
composed after that Sa...
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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 1:21 LET THERE BE NO DEW OR RAIN... NOR
FIELDS OF OFFERINGS! David wishes for lack of blessing on the place
where Saul and Jonathan died. The line THE SHIELD OF THE MIGHTY WA...
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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 10:1; 1 Chronicles 10:8; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 31:1;...
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Let there be, &c. — This is no proper imprecation; but a passionate
representation of the horror which he conceived at this publick loss;
which was such, as if he thought every person or thing which
c...