2 Samuel 1:17

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Ver. 17. And David lamented.] He composed this following elegy, or epitaph, this funeral song: a usual practice among the ancients.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See similar dirges in 2 Samuel...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan. This poem is almost universally accepted as the work of David. It was included in the Book of Jashar ( Joshu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David lamented with this lamentation— Let any one but read over this admirable ode, than which there is nothing more elegant and passionate in all...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Bow 2 Samuel 1:17-27 This noble poem is unrivaled. It is a perfect model of a funeral dirge. It is in poetry what Händel's Dea...
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

(17) В¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (18) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David lamented with this lamentation He and his servants had lamented over Saul and Jonathan before, 2 Samuel 1:12 . But now he composed a song fo...
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 Lamentation for Jonathan. B. C. 1055....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 1:17 . “Lamented—Lamentation.” These words must be understood in a technical sense.… This lamentation...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son. David's lament 1. The Bible has been called “the record of human...
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

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan, his son; he composed this elegy, or song of mourning, as an expression of his d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Lament
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 35:25 ; 2 Samuel 1:19 ; Genesis 50:11 ; Jeremiah 9:17-21

¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 1:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 1:17