“ And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. ”
And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an (c) Amalekite. (c) He was an Amalekite born, but renounced his country and joined with the Israelites.
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...
Amalekite . Thus Saul was dishonoured by one whom his disobedience spared. Compare 1 Samuel 15:3 and Exodus 17:16 .
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. I am an Amalekite - Dr. Delaney remarks that an Amalekite took that crown from off the head of Saul, which he had forfeit...
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.
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...
An Amalekite. — The Amalekites were hereditary foes of Israel, having attacked them on their first coming out of Egypt ( Exodus 17:8-13 ), and at different times afterwards in the wilderness ( Numb...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
And he said unto me, who [art] thou ?.... Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell: and I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite : which he m...
And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite. Ver. 8. I am an Amalekite. ] See Trapp on " 2Sa 1:6 "
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 Concern at Saul's Fate. B. C. 1055. 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Sau...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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 1:6 . 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...
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...
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...
The Message of the Amalekite
1 Samuel 15:3 ; 1 Samuel 27:8 ; 1 Samuel 30:1 ; 1 Samuel 30:13 ; 1 Samuel 30:17 ; Deuteronomy 25:17-19 ; Exodus 17:8-16 ; Genesis 14:7 ; Numbers 24:20