1:1 The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the overthrow, and accused himself of Saul's death, is slain; 1:17 David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song.
Verse 1when David1 Samuel 30:17-26Ziklag27:6ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - for I will; 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these areVerse 21 Samuel 4:12the thirdGenesis 22:4; Esther 4:16, 5:1; Hosea 6:2; Matthew 12:40, 16:21a man2 Samuel 4:10clothesGenesis 37:29, 37:34; Joshua 7:6; 1 Samuel 4:12, 4:16; Joel 2:13and earth2 Samuel 15:32he fell14:4; Genesis 37:7-10, 43:28; 1 Samuel 20:41, 25:23; Psalm 66:3; Revelation 3:9ReciprocalGenesis 44:13 - General; 1 Samuel 30:1 - were come; 2 Samuel 3:31 - Rend; 13:19 - put ashes; 18:28 - All is well; 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself; Nehemiah 9:1 - earth; Jeremiah 41:6 - weeping; Ezekiel 27:30 - castVerse 3From2 Kings 5:25am IJob 1:15-19Reciprocal1:17 - I only am; Jeremiah 48:19 - askVerse 4How wentHeb. What was, etc. 1 Samuel 4:16 *marg.the people31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:1-6Reciprocal1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan; 31:3 - went sore; 1 Chronicles 10:3 - went; Jeremiah 48:19 - askVerse 5How knowestProverbs 14:15, 25:2Reciprocal1 Samuel 14:1 - JonathanVerse 6As I happenedThe 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 10:31mount2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31:1Saul31:2-7Reciprocal2 Samuel 21:12 - in Gilboa; 1 Chronicles 10:1 - mountVerse 7Here am IHeb. Behold me, 2 Samuel 9:6; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 22:12; Isaiah 6:8 *marg. 65:1
Verse 8an AmalekiteGenesis 14:7; Exodus 17:8-16; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 1 Samuel 15:3, 27:8; 30:1, 30:13, 30:17ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - for I will; 2 Samuel 1:13 - GeneralVerse 9anguishetc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etcReciprocal1 Samuel 31:4 - Saul; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took; Revelation 9:6 - shall menVerse 10slewJudges 1:7, 9:54; 1 Samuel 22:18, 31:4, 31:5; Matthew 7:2crown2 Samuel 12:30; Lamentations 5:16braceletThis 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.Reciprocal2 Samuel 1:16 - mouth; 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took; 2 Chronicles 23:11 - put uponVerse 11rent2 Samuel 3:31, 13:31; Genesis 37:29, 37:34; Acts 14:14likewiseRomans 12:15ReciprocalGenesis 44:13 - General; Esther 4:1 - rent; Psalm 35:14 - I behaved; 59:10 - let; Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend; Joel 2:13 - your garmentsVerse 12Psalm 35:13, 35:14; Proverbs 24:17; Jeremiah 9:1; Amos 6:6; Matthew 5:44; 2 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Peter 3:8ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - mourn; Joshua 7:6 - until the eventide; 2 Samuel 3:32 - lifted; 3:34 - wept; 3:35 - till the; Job 31:29 - General; Psalm 59:10 - letVerse 132 Samuel 1:8Reciprocal1 Kings 21:16 - Ahab rose up; Psalm 18:44 - strangersVerse 14HowNumbers 12:8; 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Peter 2:10stretch forth1 Samuel 24:6, 26:9; Psalm 105:15Reciprocal1 Samuel 12:3 - his anointed; 26:11 - that I should; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - he was; Lamentations 4:20 - the anointedVerse 15Go near2 Samuel 4:10-12; Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 22:17, 22:18; 1 Kings 2:25, 2:34, 2:46; Job 5:12; Proverbs 11:18Reciprocal2 Samuel 4:12 - slew them; 18:13 - wroughtVerse 16Thy bloodGenesis 9:5, 9:6; Leviticus 20:9, 20:11-13, 20:16, 20:27; Deuteronomy 19:10; Joshua 2:19; Judges 9:24; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 2:32, 2:33, 2:37; Ezekiel 18:13, 33:5; Matthew 27:25; Acts 20:26mouth2 Samuel 1:10; Job 15:6; Proverbs 6:2; Luke 19:22; Romans 3:19ReciprocalGenesis 37:26 - conceal; 1 Samuel 26:11 - that I should; 2 Samuel 3:29 - rest; 16:8 - the blood; 18:13 - wrought; Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but; Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood; Hosea 12:14 - therefore; Acts 18:6 - YourVerse 17lamented2 Samuel 1:19; Genesis 50:11; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17-21ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - mourn; 50:10 - seven days; Psalm 35:14 - I behaved; 59:10 - let; 141:6 - When their judges; Ezekiel 32:16 - General; Micah 2:4 - and lamentVerse 18teachGenesis 49:8; Deuteronomy 4:10bowKasheth, 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 bookJoshua 10:13Jasheror, the upright, So LXX επι βιβλιου τον ευθους; 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.ReciprocalNumbers 21:14 - in the bookVerse 19beauty2 Samuel 1:23; Deuteronomy 4:7, 4:8; 1 Samuel 31:8; Isaiah 4:2, 53:2; Lamentations 2:1; Zechariah 11:7, 11:10how are2 Samuel 1:25, 1:27; Lamentations 5:16ReciprocalGenesis 9:22 - told; 2 Samuel 1:17 - lamented; Ezekiel 26:17 - How art; Obadiah 1:5 - howVerse 20TellDeuteronomy 32:26, 32:27; Judges 14:19, 16:23, 16:24; 1 Samuel 31:9; Micah 1:10PhilistinesExodus 15:20, 15:21; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6; Ezekiel 16:27, 16:57uncircumcised1 Samuel 17:26, 17:36, 31:4, 31:9ReciprocalGenesis 9:22 - told; 34:14 - uncircumcised; 45:1 - Cause; Judges 14:3 - uncircumcised; 15:18 - the uncircumcised; 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gath; 14:6 - uncircumcised; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - uncircumcised; 10:9 - took; 18:1 - Gath; Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt; 32:25 - all of them; Amos 3:9 - PublishVerse 21mountains1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 10:8no dewJudges 5:23; Job 3:3-10; Isaiah 5:6; Jeremiah 20:14-16offeringsJoel 1:9, 2:14notInstead 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."anointed1 Samuel 10:1; Isaiah 21:5ReciprocalGenesis 27:28 - of the dew; Deuteronomy 11:29 - General; 1 Samuel 28:4 - Gilboa; 2 Samuel 1:6 - mount; 21:12 - in Gilboa; 2 Chronicles 17:17 - armed men; Job 38:28 - dew; Psalm 89:38 - wroth; Isaiah 10:27 - because; 16:8 - the fields; 43:28 - I have; Lamentations 4:20 - the anointedVerse 22the bow1 Samuel 14:6-14, 18:4; Isaiah 34:6, 34:7Reciprocal2 Chronicles 17:17 - armed men; Jeremiah 50:9 - noneVerse 23pleasantor, sweet, 1 Samuel 18:1, 20:2they were31:1-5swifter2 Samuel 2:18; Deuteronomy 28:49; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Job 9:26; Jeremiah 4:13; Lamentations 4:19stronger2 Samuel 23:20; Judges 14:18; Proverbs 30:30Reciprocal2 Samuel 1:19 - beauty; 17:10 - heart; 1 Chronicles 11:22 - lionlike; Psalm 147:10 - he taketh; Daniel 7:4 - like; Joel 2:7 - They shall run; Philippians 4:8 - are lovely; Revelation 4:7 - a flyingVerse 24Judges 5:30; Psalm 68:12; Proverbs 31:21; Isaiah 3:16-26; Jeremiah 2:32; 1 Timothy 2:9, 2:10; 1 Peter 3:3-5ReciprocalLamentations 4:5 - brought; Acts 9:39 - and allVerse 25How2 Samuel 1:19, 1:27; Lamentations 5:16, thou was, Judges 5:18; 1 Samuel 14:13-15ReciprocalEzekiel 26:17 - How artVerse 26thy love1 Samuel 18:1-4, 19:2, 20:17, 20:41, 23:16ReciprocalDeuteronomy 13:6 - which is; 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan; 2 Samuel 9:1 - show him; 19:30 - Yea; Proverbs 17:17 - General; 18:24 - there; Jeremiah 22:18 - Ah my brother; Matthew 19:5 - cleaveVerse 27How are2 Samuel 1:19, 1:25weapons2 Kings 2:12, 13:14; Psalm 46:9; Ezekiel 39:9, 39:10
1:17 David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song. Verse 1when David1 Samuel 30:17-26 Ziklag27:6ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - for I will; 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are Verse 21 Samuel 4:12 the thirdGenesis 22:4; Esther 4:16, 5:1; Hosea 6:2; Matthew 12:40, 16:21 a man2 Samuel 4:10 clothesGenesis 37:29, 37:34; Joshua 7:6; 1 Samuel 4:12, 4:16; Joel 2:13 and earth2 Samuel 15:32 he fell14:4; Genesis 37:7-10, 43:28; 1 Samuel 20:41, 25:23; Psalm 66:3; Revelation 3:9ReciprocalGenesis 44:13 - General; 1 Samuel 30:1 - were come; 2 Samuel 3:31 - Rend; 13:19 - put ashes; 18:28 - All is well; 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself; Nehemiah 9:1 - earth; Jeremiah 41:6 - weeping; Ezekiel 27:30 - cast Verse 3From2 Kings 5:25 am IJob 1:15-19Reciprocal1:17 - I only am; Jeremiah 48:19 - ask Verse 4How wentHeb. What was, etc. 1 Samuel 4:16 *marg.the people31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:1-6Reciprocal1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan; 31:3 - went sore; 1 Chronicles 10:3 - went; Jeremiah 48:19 - ask Verse 5How knowestProverbs 14:15, 25:2Reciprocal1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan Verse 6As I happenedThe 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 mount2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31:1 Saul31:2-7Reciprocal2 Samuel 21:12 - in Gilboa; 1 Chronicles 10:1 - mount Verse 7Here am IHeb. Behold me, 2 Samuel 9:6; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 22:12; Isaiah 6:8 *marg. 65:1
Verse 8an AmalekiteGenesis 14:7; Exodus 17:8-16; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 1 Samuel 15:3, 27:8; 30:1, 30:13, 30:17ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - for I will; 2 Samuel 1:13 - General Verse 9anguishetc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etcReciprocal1 Samuel 31:4 - Saul; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took; Revelation 9:6 - shall men Verse 10slewJudges 1:7, 9:54; 1 Samuel 22:18, 31:4, 31:5; Matthew 7:2 crown2 Samuel 12:30; Lamentations 5:16 braceletThis 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.Reciprocal2 Samuel 1:16 - mouth; 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took; 2 Chronicles 23:11 - put upon Verse 11rent2 Samuel 3:31, 13:31; Genesis 37:29, 37:34; Acts 14:14 likewiseRomans 12:15ReciprocalGenesis 44:13 - General; Esther 4:1 - rent; Psalm 35:14 - I behaved; 59:10 - let; Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend; Joel 2:13 - your garments Verse 12Psalm 35:13, 35:14; Proverbs 24:17; Jeremiah 9:1; Amos 6:6; Matthew 5:44; 2 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Peter 3:8ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - mourn; Joshua 7:6 - until the eventide; 2 Samuel 3:32 - lifted; 3:34 - wept; 3:35 - till the; Job 31:29 - General; Psalm 59:10 - let Verse 132 Samuel 1:8Reciprocal1 Kings 21:16 - Ahab rose up; Psalm 18:44 - strangers Verse 14HowNumbers 12:8; 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Peter 2:10 stretch forth1 Samuel 24:6, 26:9; Psalm 105:15Reciprocal1 Samuel 12:3 - his anointed; 26:11 - that I should; 1 Chronicles 10:4 - he was; Lamentations 4:20 - the anointed Verse 15Go near2 Samuel 4:10-12; Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 22:17, 22:18; 1 Kings 2:25, 2:34, 2:46; Job 5:12; Proverbs 11:18Reciprocal2 Samuel 4:12 - slew them; 18:13 - wrought Verse 16Thy bloodGenesis 9:5, 9:6; Leviticus 20:9, 20:11-13, 20:16, 20:27; Deuteronomy 19:10; Joshua 2:19; Judges 9:24; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 2:32, 2:33, 2:37; Ezekiel 18:13, 33:5; Matthew 27:25; Acts 20:26 mouth2 Samuel 1:10; Job 15:6; Proverbs 6:2; Luke 19:22; Romans 3:19ReciprocalGenesis 37:26 - conceal; 1 Samuel 26:11 - that I should; 2 Samuel 3:29 - rest; 16:8 - the blood; 18:13 - wrought; Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but; Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood; Hosea 12:14 - therefore; Acts 18:6 - Your Verse 17lamented2 Samuel 1:19; Genesis 50:11; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17-21ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - mourn; 50:10 - seven days; Psalm 35:14 - I behaved; 59:10 - let; 141:6 - When their judges; Ezekiel 32:16 - General; Micah 2:4 - and lament Verse 18teachGenesis 49:8; Deuteronomy 4:10 bowKasheth, 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 bookJoshua 10:13 Jasheror, the upright, So LXX