2 Samuel 1:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. ”

2 Samuel 1:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How are the mighty fallen - The recurrenee of the same idea 2 Samuel 1:19 , 2 Samuel 1:25 , 2 Samuel 1:27 is perfectly congenial to the nature of elegy, since grief is fond of dwelling upon t...
2 Samuel 1:25 - 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 1:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
2 Samuel 1:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How are the mighty fallen, &c.!— David's grief, as it began with Jonathan, naturally ends with him. It is well known, that we lament ourselves in the loss of our friends, and David was no way s...
2 Samuel 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle !.... The mighty and valiant men of war, the common soldiers as well as their general officers, whose loss David mourns, and the repetition of sh...
2 Samuel 1:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, [thou wast] slain in thine high places. Ver. 25. In the midst of the battle. ] Making good their station, and dying on the place:...
2 Samuel 1:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Jonathan, slain in thy high places He says thy , for they were in Jonathan's country; and, had not his father disinherited him by his sins, in his dominions. Thus David's grief, which began with...
2 Samuel 1:25 - 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 1:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Lamentation for Jonathan. B. C. 1055. 17 And David lamented with this lamentatio...
2 Samuel 1:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which were in thy country, and (had not thy father disinherited thee by his sins) in thy dominions.
2 Samuel 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - 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 1:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

How are the mighty fallen. The dirge of the mighty “How are the mighty fallen”--the words sound in our ears like a deep undertone in some mournful harmony. The warrior-bard is celebrating the m...
2 Samuel 1:25 - 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 1:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Lament
2 Samuel 1:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:13-15 ; 2 Samuel 1:19 ; 2 Samuel 1:27 ; Judges 5:18 ; Lamentations 5:16
2 Samuel 1:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thine — Which were in thy country, and (had not thy father disinherited thee by his sins) in thy dominions.

2 Samuel 1:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 1:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 1:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 1:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes