2 Samuel 1:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. ”

2 Samuel 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The women of Israel are most happily introduced. They who had come out to meet king Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music” in the day of victory, are now called to weep over hi...
2 Samuel 1:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, (l) with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (l) As rich garments and costly jewels.
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
2 Samuel 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye daughters, of Israel, weep— Nothing can be more elegant than this verse: while the warriors of Israel lamented their chiefs, the divine poet calls upon the women of the land to shed their te...
2 Samuel 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. Ye daughters of Israel. The reference is to the bands...
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Clothed you in scarlet. — This refers to Saul’s division among the people of the spoil of his conquered foes, and to the prosperity resulting from his many successful campaigns. Notwithstanding tha...
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! (20) Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,...
2 Samuel 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul ,.... In their mournful elegies; who clothed you with scarlet, with [other] delights ; not only with scarlet, but with other fine and delightful apparel, suc...
2 Samuel 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. Ver. 24. Ye daughters of Israel. ] Women love fine array:...
2 Samuel 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye daughters of Jerusalem, weep over Saul “Nothing,” says Dr. Dodd, “can be more elegant than this verse: while the warriors of Israel lamented their chiefs, the divine poet calls upon the women of...
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. B. C. 1055. 17 And David lamented with this lamentatio...
2 Samuel 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye daughters of Israel: these he mentions, partly because the women then used to make songs, both of triumph and of lamentation, as occasion required; and partly because they usually are most delig...
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:19-27 I. One of the first lessons impressed upon us by this lament relates to David's noble-minded forgetfulness of all personal injury. II. The lament shows how David was able to take...
2 Samuel 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Lament
2 Samuel 1:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:3-5 ; 1 Timothy 2:10 ; 1 Timothy 2:9 ; Isaiah 3:16-26 ; Jeremiah 2:32 ; Judges 5:30 ; Proverbs 31:21 ; Psalms 68:12
2 Samuel 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daughters — These he mentions; because the women then used to make songs both of triumph, and of lamentation, and, because they usually are most delighted with the ornaments of the body here follow...

2 Samuel 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 1:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 1:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes