2 Samuel 1:2 NKJV,NLT

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 moving forward in David, the writer now describes the humiliating defeat and death of Saul, slain by his own hand. It is the darkness before the dawn. But the dawn is clearly in mind. For the following chapters of 2 Samuel were in his eyes simply the continuation of the story. The original writer did not end on a note of anticlimax. That thought simply... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 1:1-16

2 Samuel 1:1-Nehemiah : . 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 explanation is that the fugitive falsely represented himself as the slayer of Saul, in the hope of receiving a reward from David. But it is now widely held that here also we have a blending of two documents: 2 Samuel 1:1-Numbers :; 2 Samuel 1:11 f. are from the same document (J) as the bulk of 1 Samuel 25-31; 2 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day; from David’s return to Ziklag, as the foregoing words manifest. With his clothes rent, and earth upon his head; pretending sorrow for the loss of God’s people, in compliance with David’s humour. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-16

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—2 Samuel 1:6. “The chariots and horsemen.” It has been remarked that it is extremely unlikely that chariots and horsemen, pursued the Israelites on to the mountains, and this statement has been generally regarded as a part of the falsehood of the whole story, which is throughout at variance with the account in the last chapter.2 Samuel 1:7. “Here am I,” etc. This statement also, as Kiel remarks, has about it the air of untruth, for it is extremely improbable that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

Second Samuel, chapter one.First Samuel dealt with the reign of King Saul over Israel, and it ends with the death of Saul at the hands of the Philistines. Saul, the tragic story of a man who had many natural abilities, and many God-given opportunities; yet, his was a wasted life, and never achieving the full potential of his being. A life of failure because he failed to submit himself totally to God.As the prophet Samuel said to him, "Because you have rejected the Lord from ruling over you,"... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 1:1-27

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 . The crown and the bracelet. A true mercenary soldier. He first killed, and then plundered his sovereign for a reward. Some say he was son of Doeg the Edomite, who was of Amalek’s race, but is called an Idumean, because he had lived among Esau’s race. David in one week, after being rejected by the lords of Philistia, was made king. Happy reverse of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 1:2-16

2 Samuel 1:2-16A man came out of the camp.The man who professed to have slain SaulOn the day that Saul fell by his own hand, and before his body had been discovered by the Philistines, an Amalekite, passing by, recognised the corpse of the fallen king, and bethought him how best to turn the event to his own advantage. He determined to hasten to David, at Ziklag, and to inform him that, at the king's own request, he had consented to slay him, being persuaded that in any case he must perish, as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 1:2

2Sa 1:2 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. Ver. 2. A man came out of the camp from Saul. ] The Hebrews will have this man to be Doeg’s son, and further tell us that Doeg, Saul’s armourbearer, delivered to this son of his Saul’s crown and bracelets, willing him to repair therewith to David, so to win his... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 1:2

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 37:7-2 Samuel :, 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 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 1:2

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.Third day — From David's return to Ziklag.With his clothes rent, … — As a mourner. read more