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2 Samuel 1:1 open_in_new
the slaughter. Compare 1 Samuel 30:17
Ziklag. Compare 1 Samuel 27:6.
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2 Samuel 1:2 open_in_new
the third day. See note on 1 Samuel 30:12. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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2 Samuel 1:4 open_in_new
he answered. He thought he brought news which would be welcomed.
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2 Samuel 1:6 open_in_new
behold... lo. Figure of speech Asterismos.App-6.
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2 Samuel 1:8 open_in_new
Amalekite. Thus Saul was dishonoured by one whom his disobedience spared. Compare 1 Samuel 15:3 and Exodus 17:16.
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2 Samuel 1:9 open_in_new
He said. His whole story was. fabrication. See the facts in 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Samuel 31:5.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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2 Samuel 1:10 open_in_new
fallen: i.e. upon his own sword (1 Samuel 31:4).
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2 Samuel 1:11 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14,
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2 Samuel 1:12 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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2 Samuel 1:16 open_in_new
Thy blood. Compare 2 Samuel 1:10.
thy head. thyself. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). App-6.
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2 Samuel 1:18 open_in_new
children. sons.
the use of. The Ellipsis is wrongly supplied. The word "Lamentation" should be repeated from 2 Samuel 1:17. "The Bow" being the subject of the Lamentation (2 Samuel 1:22). the
bow. This is the name of the Lamentation, be-cause it is mentioned in 2 Samuel 1:22. and it is what the tribe of Saul and Jonathan (Benjamin) was noted for (compare 1 Chronicles 8:40. 1Ch 12:2. 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 17:17). For. similar reason the scripture (Exodus 3) about "The Bush" is so called in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37.
behold. Figure of speech . Asterismos. App-6.
written, &c. In the Book of Jasher (or The Upright One). " Thy hart, Israel, lies slain", &c.
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2 Samuel 1:19 open_in_new
beauty. gazelle. Symbolic of beauty and grace.
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2 Samuel 1:21 open_in_new
The shield of Saul. Omit the italics that follow, and supply instead "the weapon of one anointed with oil", the Hebrew k. li (or keli?) "weapons" being read instead of b. ll in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, 1488, and the Syriac and Arabic Versions and Chaldee paraphrase.
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2 Samuel 1:23 open_in_new
swifter... stronger. Figure of speech Hyperbole.App-6.
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2 Samuel 1:27 open_in_new
How, &c. Render: "How [is it that] mighty ones have fallen, and weapons of war have perished".