John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:5
And David said unto the young man that told him ,.... These tidings: how knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead ? this he particularly inquired after, as what most affected him, and was most material for him to know; and his meaning is, whether he had this of his own sight and knowledge, or by report. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-10
Here is, I. David settling again in Ziklag, his own city, after he had rescued his family and friends out of the hands of the Amalekites (2 Sam. 1:1): He abode in Ziklag. Thence he was now sending presents to his friends (1 Sam. 30:26), and there he was ready to receive those that came into his interests; not men in distress and debt, as his first followers were, but persons of quality in their country, mighty men, men of war, and captains of thousands (as we find, 1 Chron. 12:1, 8, 20); such... read more