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.