2 Samuel 1:4

he answered. He thought he brought news which would be welcomed.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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 ve...
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...
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 d...
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 remark...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 da...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Concern at Saul's Fate. B. C. 1055....
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.
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 movin...
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 an...
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 . T...
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 di...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Message of the Amalekite
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David said unto him, how went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. The question, How was the affair, How did things go? is at the same time an excla...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 1:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:4