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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:19-27

2 Samuel 1:19-27 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 highest and brightest view of human character. III. The lament impresses us with the beauty of a zealous and tender care for the reputation of the Lord's anointed. IV. The lament shows how bitter is the distress which follows the irreparable losses of life. The application of the whole: (1) Let us... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 natural abilities, and many God-given opportunities; yet, his was a wasted life, and never achieving the full potential of his being. A life of failure because he failed to submit himself totally to God.As the prophet Samuel said to him, "Because you have rejected the Lord from ruling over you,"... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 first killed, and then plundered his sovereign for a reward. Some say he was son of Doeg the Edomite, who was of Amalek’s race, but is called an Idumean, because he had lived among Esau’s race. David in one week, after being rejected by the lords of Philistia, was made king. Happy reverse of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 1:21

2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew. The blood of Christ speaking better things than the blood of SaulThese words form a part of that song of lamentation which David composed after that Saul, and Jonathan his son, had fallen in battle with the Philistines. The death of Saul was in the eyes of David an exceedingly grievous event; an event in connexion with which he considered that no small degree of guilt had been incurred; because Saul was the Lord's anointed: and so... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 1:22

2 Samuel 1:22The bow of Jonathan turned not back.Successful archeryThe old archers took the bow, put one end of it down beside the foot, elevated the other end, and it was the rule that the bow should be just the size of the archer; if it were just his size then he would go into battle with confidence. Let me say that your power to project good into the world will correspond exactly to your own spiritual statue. (T. De Witt Talmage.) read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 1:23

2 Samuel 1:23Lovely and pleasant in their lives. The Master and the discipleThe words from the elegy of David far Saul and Jonathan, describe their character and relations in both life and death.1. Great value is always to be attached to inspiring personal influence. None of us can fully compute the benefits which arise from it. The Eternal God has put it within the power of each one of us to affect others for good or harm. We communicate our intellectual interests, our moral tone, our... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:21

2Sa 1:21 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] not [been] anointed with oil. Ver. 21. Ye mountains of Gilboa. ] A poetical exclamation, together with a hyperbolical imprecation-which possibly was as effectual as that of our Saviour pronounced upon the barren fig tree - in monumentum tanti mali, as a monument of this disastrous... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:22

2Sa 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. Ver. 22. From the blood of the slain. ] The sword is in Scripture said to "devour flesh" and to "drink blood." Saul and Jonathan were not wont to be worsted, however it hath now fallen out. Hunniades fought five times upon one day with the Turks, and five times foiled them, and put them to flight. Our Black Prince was ever victorious. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:23

2Sa 1:23 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 their lives. ] Both to others and betwixt themselves: they loved one another dearly. And in their death they were not divided. ] A worthy pattern of true and perfect friendship; on the outside of whose garment was anciently written, Mors et Vita, a death and life; in her forehead, summer... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 1:21

mountains: 1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Chronicles 10:1, 1 Chronicles 10:8 no dew: Judges 5:23, Job 3:3-2 Samuel :, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 20:14-Nehemiah : offerings: Joel 1:9, Joel 2:14 not: Instead of belee, "not," we should probably, with Dr. Delaney and others, read keley, "weapons," as it is found on one manuscript and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488: "the shield of Saul; the weapons of the anointed with oil." anointed: 1 Samuel 10:1, Isaiah 21:5 Reciprocal:... read more

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