Bible Commentary

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 4. How went the matter? ] Lit. What was the affair? … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 1:4”

And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. And David said unto him, from whence comest thou?…. It is very likely by his appearance and circumstances he suspected from whence he came: and he said unto him, out of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 1:3”

It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 2. on the third day ] The exact … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 1:2”

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, otherwise called, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS Ch. 2Sa 1:1-16. The news of Saul’s death brought to David 1. Now it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 1:1”

And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 13. under a tree ] Under the tamarisk, some well-known tree at Jabesh. Chron. reads “under the terebinth,” ( lah). David removed the bones to the family sepulchre at Zelah (2Sa 21:12-14). fasted seven days ] A sign … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:13”

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 12. burnt them ] Cremation was not a Hebrew practice, but in the present case was probably adopted to avoid the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:12”

And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; 11. the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead ] Mindful of the debt of gratitude they owed to Saul for rescuing them from Nahash (ch. 11). The isolated round-topped hill on the south side of the Wady Ybis, which has been conjecturally … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:11”

And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 10. the house of Ashtaroth ] See on 1Sa 7:3. “This was doubtless the famous temple of Venus in Askelon mentioned by Herodotus (I. 105) as the most ancient of all her temples. Hence the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:10”

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people. 8 13. The burial of Saul and his Sons 9. they cut off his head ] The Anointed of Jehovah fares … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:9”

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 1Sa 31:8 The Philistines came to strip the slain. After the battle Is there any sadder sight than a battlefield after the guns have stopped firing? A … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 31:8”