2 Samuel 1:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David said unto him, Howa went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. ”

2 Samuel 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he answered . He thought he brought news which would be welcomed.
2 Samuel 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan h...
2 Samuel 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. (4) And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answ...
2 Samuel 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David said unto him, how went the matter? I pray thee, tell me ,.... That is, how went the battle? on which side the victory? and he answered, that the people are fled from the battle ; meanin...
2 Samuel 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan h...
2 Samuel 1:4 - 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 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Concern at Saul's Fate. B. C. 1055. 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Sau...
2 Samuel 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He mentions only these two, as those who seemed most to obstruct David's coming to the crown.
2 Samuel 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - 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 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Message of the Amalekite
2 Samuel 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 10:1-6 ; 1 Samuel 31:1-6 ; 1 Samuel 4:16

2 Samuel 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge