“ How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! ”
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...
How, &c. Render: "How [is it that] mighty ones have fallen, and weapons of war have perished".
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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,...
How are the mighty fallen ,.... This is the burden of this elegiac song, being the third time it is mentioned: and the weapons of war perished ! not only the valiant soldiers were killed, but thei...
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! Ver. 27. How are the mighty fallen! ] See 2 Samuel 1:19 . And the weapons of war perished! ] Yea, together with Saul and Jonathan,...
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...
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...
David's Lamentation for Jonathan. B. C. 1055. 17 And David lamented with this lamentatio...
Either, 1. Metaphorically so called, to wit, Saul and Jonathan, and the brave commanders and soldiers of Israel; who might have been called the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof . Or ra...
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...
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 1:19-27 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 1:6 . 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...
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...
David's Lament
2 Kings 13:14 ; 2 Kings 2:12 ; 2 Samuel 1:19 ; 2 Samuel 1:25 ; Ezekiel 39:10 ; Ezekiel 39:9 ; Psalms 46:9