Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
when David: 1 Samuel 30:17-26
Ziklag: 1 Samuel 27:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 17:14 - for I will 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
1 Samuel 4:12
the third: Genesis 22:4, Esther 4:16, Esther 5:1, Hosea 6:2, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 16:21
a man: 2 Samuel 4:10
clothes: Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Joshua 7:6, 1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 4:16, Joel 2:13
and earth: 2 Samuel 15:32
he fell: 2 Samuel 14:4, Genesis 37:7-10, Genesis 43:28, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 25:23, Psalms 66:3, Revelation 3:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:13 - General 1 Samuel 30:1 - were come 2 Samuel 3:31 - Rend 2 Samuel 13:19 - put ashes 2 Samuel 18:28 - All is well 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself Nehemiah 9:1 - earth Jeremiah 41:6 - weeping Ezekiel 27:30 - cast
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
From: 2 Kings 5:25
am I: Job 1:15-19
Reciprocal: Job 1:17 - I only am Jeremiah 48:19 - ask
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 also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
How went: Heb. What was, etc. 1 Samuel 4:16, *marg.
the people: 1 Samuel 31:1-6, 1 Chronicles 10:1-6
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan 1 Samuel 31:3 - went sore 1 Chronicles 10:3 - went Jeremiah 48:19 - ask
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
How knowest: Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 25:2
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
As I happened: The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown. There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people. Ruth 2:3, 1 Samuel 6:9, Luke 10:31
mount: 2 Samuel 1:21, 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Samuel 31:1
Saul: 1 Samuel 31:2-7
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:12 - in Gilboa 1 Chronicles 10:1 - mount
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
Here am I: Heb. Behold me, 2 Samuel 9:6, Judges 9:54, 1 Samuel 22:12, Isaiah 6:8, *marg. Isaiah 65:1
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
an Amalekite: Genesis 14:7, Exodus 17:8-16, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 25:17-19, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 27:8, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 17:14 - for I will 2 Samuel 1:13 - General
And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
anguish: etc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etc
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 31:4 - Saul 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took Revelation 9:6 - shall men
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
slew: Judges 1:7, Judges 9:54, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:5, Matthew 7:2
crown: 2 Samuel 12:30, Lamentations 5:16
bracelet: This was probably worn as an ensign of royalty, as is frequently the case in the East. When the Khalif Cayem Bemrillah granted the investiture of certain dominions to an Eastern prince, the ceremony was performed by sending him letters patent, a crown, chain, and bracelets. The bracelet, says Mr. Morier, are ornaments fastened above the elbows, composed of precious stones of great value, and are only worn by the king and his sons.
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:16 - mouth 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took 2 Chronicles 23:11 - put upon
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
rent: 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Samuel 13:31, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Acts 14:14
likewise: Romans 12:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:13 - General Esther 4:1 - rent Psalms 35:14 - I behaved Psalms 59:10 - let Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend Joel 2:13 - your garments
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Proverbs 24:17, Jeremiah 9:1, Amos 6:6, Matthew 5:44, 2 Corinthians 11:29, 1 Peter 3:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - mourn Joshua 7:6 - until the eventide 2 Samuel 3:32 - lifted 2 Samuel 3:34 - wept 2 Samuel 3:35 - till the Job 31:29 - General Psalms 59:10 - let
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
2 Samuel 1:8
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:16 - Ahab rose up Psalms 18:44 - strangers
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
How: Numbers 12:8, 1 Samuel 31:4, 2 Peter 2:10
stretch forth: 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 26:9, Psalms 105:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:3 - his anointed 1 Samuel 26:11 - that I should 1 Chronicles 10:4 - he was Lamentations 4:20 - the anointed
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
Go near: 2 Samuel 4:10-12, Judges 8:20, 1 Samuel 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:46, Job 5:12, Proverbs 11:18
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:12 - slew them 2 Samuel 18:13 - wrought
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
Thy blood: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Leviticus 20:9, Leviticus 20:11-13, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 19:10, Joshua 2:19, Judges 9:24, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Kings 2:32, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:37, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 33:5, Matthew 27:25, Acts 20:26
mouth: 2 Samuel 1:10, Job 15:6, Proverbs 6:2, Luke 19:22, Romans 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:26 - conceal 1 Samuel 26:11 - that I should 2 Samuel 3:29 - rest 2 Samuel 16:8 - the blood 2 Samuel 18:13 - wrought Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood Hosea 12:14 - therefore Acts 18:6 - Your
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
lamented: 2 Samuel 1:19, Genesis 50:11, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 9:17-21
Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - mourn Genesis 50:10 - seven days Psalms 35:14 - I behaved Psalms 59:10 - let Psalms 141:6 - When their judges Ezekiel 32:16 - General Micah 2:4 - and lament
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
teach: Genesis 49:8, Deuteronomy 4:10
bow: Kasheth, or the bow, was probably the title of the following threnody; so called, in the oriental style, because Saul's death was occasioned by that weapon, and because the bow of Jonathan, out of which "the arrow was shot beyond the lad," - 1 Samuel 20:36, is celebrated in this song.
the book: Joshua 10:13
Jasher: or, the upright, So LXX וני גיגכיןץ פןם וץטןץע; Targum, siphra deooritha, "the book of the law;" the Arabic, "the book of Ashee: this is the book of Samuel." This book was probably a collection of divine odes, written to commemorate remarkable events.
Reciprocal: Numbers 21:14 - in the book
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
beauty: 2 Samuel 1:23, Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 4:8, 1 Samuel 31:8, Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 53:2, Lamentations 2:1, Zechariah 11:7, Zechariah 11:10
how are: 2 Samuel 1:25, 2 Samuel 1:27, Lamentations 5:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:22 - told 2 Samuel 1:17 - lamented Ezekiel 26:17 - How art Obadiah 1:5 - how
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Tell: Deuteronomy 32:26, Deuteronomy 32:27, Judges 14:19, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:24, 1 Samuel 31:9, Micah 1:10
Philistines: Exodus 15:20, Exodus 15:21, Judges 11:34, 1 Samuel 18:6, Ezekiel 16:27, Ezekiel 16:57
uncircumcised: 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:22 - told Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Genesis 45:1 - Cause Judges 14:3 - uncircumcised Judges 15:18 - the uncircumcised 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gath 1 Samuel 14:6 - uncircumcised 1 Chronicles 10:4 - uncircumcised 1 Chronicles 10:9 - took 1 Chronicles 18:1 - Gath Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt Ezekiel 32:25 - all of them Amos 3:9 - Publish
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
mountains: 1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Chronicles 10:1, 1 Chronicles 10:8
no dew: Judges 5:23, Job 3:3-10, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 20:14-16
offerings: Joel 1:9, Joel 2:14
not: Instead of belee, "not," we should probably, with Dr. Delaney and others, read keley, "weapons," as it is found on one manuscript and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488: "the shield of Saul; the weapons of the anointed with oil."
anointed: 1 Samuel 10:1, Isaiah 21:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:28 - of the dew Deuteronomy 11:29 - General 1 Samuel 28:4 - Gilboa 2 Samuel 1:6 - mount 2 Samuel 21:12 - in Gilboa 2 Chronicles 17:17 - armed men Job 38:28 - dew Psalms 89:38 - wroth Isaiah 10:27 - because Isaiah 16:8 - the fields Isaiah 43:28 - I have Lamentations 4:20 - the anointed
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
the bow: 1 Samuel 14:6-14, 1 Samuel 18:4, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 34:7
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 17:17 - armed men Jeremiah 50:9 - none
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
pleasant: or, sweet, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 20:2
they were: 1 Samuel 31:1-5
swifter: 2 Samuel 2:18, Deuteronomy 28:49, 1 Chronicles 12:8, Job 9:26, Jeremiah 4:13, Lamentations 4:19
stronger: 2 Samuel 23:20, Judges 14:18, Proverbs 30:30
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:19 - beauty 2 Samuel 17:10 - heart 1 Chronicles 11:22 - lionlike Psalms 147:10 - he taketh Daniel 7:4 - like Joel 2:7 - They shall run Philippians 4:8 - are lovely Revelation 4:7 - a flying
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Judges 5:30, Psalms 68:12, Proverbs 31:21, Isaiah 3:16-26, Jeremiah 2:32, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:3-5
Reciprocal: Lamentations 4:5 - brought Acts 9:39 - and all
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou was slain in thine high places.
How: 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:27, Lamentations 5:16, thou was, Judges 5:18, 1 Samuel 14:13-15
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 26:17 - How art
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
thy love: 1 Samuel 18:1-4, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 23:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:6 - which is 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan 2 Samuel 9:1 - show him 2 Samuel 19:30 - Yea Proverbs 17:17 - General Proverbs 18:24 - there Jeremiah 22:18 - Ah my brother Matthew 19:5 - cleave
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
How are: 2 Samuel 1:19, 2 Samuel 1:25
weapons: 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 13:14, Psalms 46:9, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10