2 Samuel 1:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:17-27

When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of honour he owed to his memory; yet this is not all: we have here a poem he wrote on that occasion; for he was a great master of his pen as well as of his sword. By this elegy he designed both to express his own sorrow for this great calamity and to impress the like on the minds of others, who ought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back ,.... That is, it always did execution, the arrows shot frown it pierced into men, shed their blood, and slew them; even they entered into the fat of the mighty, or mighty ones, that were fat, and brought them down; so the arrows of the Medes and Persians, the expert men among them, are said not to return in vain, Jeremiah 50:9 , and the sword of Saul returned not empty ; but was the means of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:11-27

The facts of the section are: 1 . Having become assured, through the testimony of the Amalekite, of the defeat of Israel in the death of Saul and Jonathan, David and his men spent the rest of the day in mourning. 2 . On the morrow David examines the Amalekite as to the particulars of Saul's death, and being shocked at the sin and shame of slaying the Lord's anointed, he condemns the man to death. 3 . Being left to his own reflections on the sad event which had happened to Israel,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:19-27

David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. In this lamentation there is— I. A DECLARATION OF THE CAUSE OF MOURNING . "O pride of Israel, on thy high places slain! Alas! fallen are the heroes." ( 2 Samuel 1:19 .) This is the keynote. It contains "the theme of the entire ode." 1 . Men of rich endowments are the ornament, beauty, and glory of a people. 2 . Such men are sometimes stricken down suddenly and under unexpected circumstances. "Not on the level... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain. In old time, Saul and Jonathan had been victorious warriors, who had returned from the battlefield stained with the blood of their enemies: from this battle they return no more, and their weapons have lost their old renown. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 1:22

2 Samuel 1:22. The bow of Jonathan returned not back Without effect. The arrows shot from his bow did not miss their mark, but pierced deep into the fat and flesh, the heart and bowels, and shed the blood of the mighty. The sword of Saul returned not empty Always did great execution (as we now speak) upon those with whom he fought. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

1:1-4:12 CIVIL WAR AFTER SAUL’S DEATHMourning for Saul and Jonathan (1:1-27)David learnt of Saul’s death from one of Saul’s own men, an Amalekite who had become a citizen of Israel (1:1-4; see v. 13). The man clearly thought that by adding a few details to the story and by bringing Saul’s crown to David, he could win David’s favour (5-10; cf. 4:10).As long as Saul lived, David had regarded him as the Lord’s anointed king and had consistently refused to harm him (cf. 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 1:22

2 Samuel 1:22. From the blood of the slain, &c.— The Hebrew is חללים מדם middam chalalim, which words, as מ mem is allowed by Noldius to signify without, may be thus rendered; without the blood of the warriors, without the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not back. Upon this construction, we see, the warriors and the mighty are strongly connected; or rather, the fat of the mighty, is a beautiful gradation upon the blood of the warriors; just as in Pro 7:26 which should have... read more

Thomas Constable

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 1:17-27

David’s lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27Students of David’s lament over Saul and Jonathan’s deaths have called it the Song of the Bow (cf. 2 Samuel 1:22). Laments over the deaths of individuals are not uncommon in the Old Testament (cf. 1 Kings 13:30; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 34:5; Ezekiel 28:12-19; Ezekiel 32:2-15). The only other of David’s laments over an individual’s death recorded in Scripture were for Abner, Saul’s commander-in-chief (2 Samuel 3:33-34), and David’s son Absalom (2... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:17-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:11-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:19-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 1:22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 1:22

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 1:17-27

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