2 Samuel 1:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) ”

2 Samuel 1:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The use of the bow - Omit “the use of.” “The bow” is the name by which this dirge was known, being so called from the mention of Jonathan’s bow in 2 Samuel 1:22 . The sense would then be: And he...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah (g) [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.) (g) That they might be able to match their enemies the Philistines in that ar...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan. This poem is almost universally accepted as the work of David. It was included in the Book of Jashar ( Joshua 10:12 ff., p. 45), and probably borrowed from t...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. the use of . The Ellipsis is wrongly supplied. The word "Lamentation" should be repeated from 2 Samuel 1:17 . "The Bow" being the subject of the Lamentation ( 2 Samuel 1:22 )...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) The use of the bow - The use of is not in the Hebrew; it is simply the bow, that i...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow— Read, says Mr. Locke, the bow; the words, the use of, not being in the original; for that which the sons of Judah were commande...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The use of the bow. — The words in italics, the use of, are not in the original, and should be omitted. David “bade them teach the children of Judah the bow”: i.e., the following dirge called “th...
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Bow 2 Samuel 1:17-27 This noble poem is unrivaled. It is a perfect model of a funeral dirge. It is in poetry what Händel's Dead March in Saul is in music. The psalmist is born...
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) В¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (18) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jash...
2 Samuel 1:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SONG OF THE BOW ‘Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow.’ 2 Samuel 1:18 I. The Song of the Bow. —We never come to this Song of the Bow without being struck afr...
2 Samuel 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use] of the bow ,.... These words, with what follow in this verse, are rightly put into a parenthesis, since they do not begin nor make any part o...
2 Samuel 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.) Ver. 18. Also he bade them teach. ] Or, And he spake it to teac...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And bade them teach the children of Judah Among whom he now was, and over whom he first reigned; the use of the bow While he made lamentation for the dead, he did not neglect the living: that the...
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. B. C. 1055. 17 And David lamented with this lamentatio...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Also: having mentioned David's lamentation in general, before he comes to the particular description of it, he interposeth this verse by way of parenthesis; to signify, that David did not so give up...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Thorough Defeat Of Israel And The Death Of Saul ( 1 Samuel 31:1 - 2 Samuel 1:27 ). Having initially demonstrated how God's purposes are moving forward in David, the writer now describes the h...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 1:17 . “Lamented—Lamentation.” These words must be understood in a technical sense.… This lamentation has a peculiar interest as being the only specimen...
2 Samuel 1:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 The Bow is the title given to David's poem, and it should rather read "Also he bade them teach the children of Israel the song of the bow." David turned the death of Saul in his song...
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

The use of the bow, I. Activity is a valuable solace for sorrow:--The people were very grieved; for Saul and Jonathan, the king and the crown prince, were slain. David indulges their grief: he w...
2 Samuel 1:18 - 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 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Lament
2 Samuel 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:10 ; Genesis 49:8 ; Joshua 10:13
2 Samuel 1:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judah — These he more particularly teacheth, because they were the chief, and now the royal tribe, and likely to be the great bulwark to all Israel against the Philistines, upon whose land they bor...

2 Samuel 1:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 1:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 1:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes