2 Samuel 1:12 NLT,NIV,ESV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

1. David’s discovery of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths ch. 11 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1 record the transition that took place in the royal leadership of Israel. 1 Samuel 31 contains the factual account of Saul’s death. One writer saw no reason why both accounts could not be true. [Note: See Leon Wood, Israel’s United Monarchy, p. 168] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

The Lament of David over Saul and Jonathan1. 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 David’s successful attack upon Ziklag. He had not heard of the events narrated in 1 Samuel 31.2. With his clothes rent, etc.] In 1 Samuel 4:12, which describes the arrival of the messenger at Shiloh with tidings of the capture of the ark, these were the same indications that he was the bearer of evil... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 1:12

(12) They mourned.—On hearing the tidings of the Amalekite, David and all his people showed the usual Oriental signs of sorrow by rending their clothes, weeping, and fasting. Although David thus heard of the death of his persistent and mortal enemy, and of his own consequent accession to the throne, yet there is not the slightest reason to doubt the reality and earnestness of his mourning. The whole narrative shows that David not only, as a patriotic Israelite, lamented the death of the king,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

2 Samuel 1:18 1. The Song of the Bow. We never come to this song of the bow without being struck afresh with its beauty, its pathos, its lofty patriotism, its wholehearted grief, its tender recollection of a dead friend, and, perhaps, best of all, its generous forgetfulness of all that is bad in a dead enemy. The news has just been brought to David that his arch-enemy Saul is dead; and David, anointed by God to be Saul's successor, has been for seven years outcast. An outlaw in daily fear of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

CHAPTER I.DAVD’S LAMENT FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN.2 Samuel 1:1-27.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 weary enough, we may believe, in body, though refreshed in spirit by the recovery of all that had been taken away, and by the possession of a vast store of booty besides. But in the midst of his success, it was discouraging to see nothing but ruin and confusion where the homes of himself and his people... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 1:1-10 ) 2. David’s great Grief (2 Samuel 1:11-12 ) 3. The Amalekite slain (2 Samuel 1:13-16 ) 4. David’s Lamentation (2 Samuel 1:17-27 ) David heard of the death of Saul and Jonathan from the lips of the Amalekite, who also brought him the crown and the bracelet of the dead king. The story... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 defeat with outward signs of mourning, his clothes torn and earth on his head. Coming to David, he fell down, ostensibly giving David a place of honor (v.2). David evidently sensed there was something about the man that was not genuine. He was trying to make an impression and the only impression... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

DAVID MADE KING LAMENTING THE DEAD (2 Samuel 1:0 ) Surely the harshness and gentleness of David are strangely blended in this chapter. That one should so lament an enemy and slay the man who professed to murder him surpasses ordinary thought; but David was built on a large mould. Of course the Amalekite lied to David, for the inspired record of the death of Saul in the preceding book must be regarded as correct. Observe the motive governing David: “Wast thou not afraid.., to destroy the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

2 Samuel 1:0 "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!" ( 2Sa 1:19 ). "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!" ( 2Sa 1:27 ). David's Lament Over Saul FROM what we have learned of the relations subsisting between David and Saul, we should have expected a song of triumph rather than a song of lamentation, over the death of the king. For a long time there had been no kindness in Saul in relation to David. He had pursued him malignantly,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:11-12

(11) ¶ Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: (12) And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. There can be no question but that this lamentation of David was real and sincere. And I take occasion here from to remark, and it is in my esteem a remark of no small importance, that what we meet with... read more