2 Samuel 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. ”

2 Samuel 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David Receives the News of Saul's Death. The account of the death of Saul told by the fugitive here is different from that in 1 Samuel 31. A common explanation is that the fugitive falsely represen...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
2 Samuel 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he smote him, that he died— Though it be a maxim of the Jewish law, that no man should be condemned out of the mouth of one witness, and that no man's confession should be taken solely against...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lament of David over Saul and Jonathan 1. 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 descri...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fall upon him. — All question of David’s authority to pronounce a capital sentence is here quite out of place. The Amalekite had just recognised him as king, and therefore acknowledged his authorit...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 r...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Touch not Mine Anointed 2 Samuel 1:1-16 The scene changes from Gilboa to Ziklag, whither the tidings were carried by an Amalekite. It is remarkable to notice how David received them. Though he...
2 Samuel 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second Book of Samuel deals largely with the story of David, and presents the picture of the theocratic monarchy. The first movement records the progress of David to the position which God had ap...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. (14) And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch for...
2 Samuel 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David called one of the young men ,.... His servants that attended on him: and said, go near, [and] fall upon him ; by smiting him with his sword: and he smote him, that he died ; his orders...
2 Samuel 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. Ver. 15. And he smote him that he died. ] And alike sped those that murdered Ishboshet...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He smote him that he died Abarbinel thinks that, as the man was an Amalekite, David supposed that he had killed Saul out of revenge for the slaughter he had made of the Amalekites. But, if not; if...
2 Samuel 1:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 thi...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 so...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Samuel 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Tidings Concerning The Death Of Saul Are Brought To David ( 2 Samuel 1:1-16 ). The theme of the death of Saul continues with a description of how the news was brought to David. It came by mean...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 1:6 . “The chariots and horsemen.” It has been remarked that it is extremely unlikely that chariots and horsemen, pursued the Israelites on to the mount...
2 Samuel 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 soldi...
2 Samuel 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

A man came out of the camp. The man who professed to have slain Saul On the day that Saul fell by his own hand, and before his body had been discovered by the Philistines, an Amalekite, passing...
2 Samuel 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 1:1 Now it came to pass. During the last few days events had been crowding fast upon one another. Living as fugitives at Ziklag, in the land of the Philistines, David...
2 Samuel 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Message of the Amalekite
2 Samuel 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:25 ; 1 Kings 2:34 ; 1 Kings 2:46 ; 1 Samuel 22:17 ; 1 Samuel 22:18 ; 2 Samuel 4:10-12 ; Job 5:12 ; Judges 8:20 ; Proverbs 11:18

2 Samuel 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge