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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 1

This chapter contains an account of the death of Saul and Jonathan, as related to David by an Amalekite, 2 Samuel 1:1; of the sorrow he and his men were filled with at the news of it, 2 Samuel 1:11; of his order to put to death the messenger that brought the tidings, for his concern in the death of Saul, according to his own testimony, 2 Samuel 1:13; and of a lamentation composed by David on this occasion, 2 Samuel 1:17.

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See also 2 Samuel 1 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _A YOUNG MAN BRINGS TIDINGS TO DAVID, THAT SAUL AND HIS SONS ARE FALLEN AND DEAD; AND THAT HE HIMSELF HAD SLAIN SAUL AT HIS REQUEST: DAVID COMMANDS THE YOUNG MAN TO BE PUT TO DEATH. HIS LAMENTATION OV...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART ONE DAVID MADE KING OF ISRAEL 2 Samuel 1:1 to 2 Samuel 5:25 A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 1 2 Samuel 1:1-12 _The Amalekite's account of Saul's death._ David was in Ziklag when he heard of Saul

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    At the moment when this book opens, the events narrated in 1 Samuel 31 were not known to David. At the time of the fatal battle between Saul and the Philistines, David had been engaged in his successf...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2948. B.C. 1056._ David receives an account of the death of Saul and Jonathan, 2 Samuel 1:1. He mourns over them, 2Sa 1:11, 2 Samuel 1:12. Puts the man to death who boasted he had killed Saul,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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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