1 Samuel 31:3-6

went sore.

2Sa 1:4; Am 2:14

archers hit him. Heb. shooters, men with bows, found him.

Ge 49:23; 1Ki 22:34

Draw.

Jud 9:54; 1Ch 10:4

uncircumcised.

14:6; 17:26,36; 2Sa 1:20; Jer 9:25,26; Eze 44:7-9

abuse me. or, mock me. he was sore.

2Sa 1:14

Saul.

2Sa 1:9,10; 17:23; 1Ki 16:27

a sword.{Eth hacherve,} rather, "the sword," i.e., his armour- bearer's, who, according to the Jews, was Doeg; and if so, then Saul and his executioner fell by the same sword with which they massacred the priests of God.

1Ch 10:5

4:10,11; 11:15; 12:17,25; 28:19; 1Ch 10:6; Ec 9:1,2; Ho 13:10,11

2 Samuel 1:4-10

How went. Heb. What was, etc.

1Sa 4:16; *marg:

the people.

1Sa 31:1-6; 1Ch 10:1-6

How knowest.

Pr 14:15; 25:2

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.

Ru 2:3; 1Sa 6:9; Lu 10:31

mount.

21; 1Sa 28:4; 31:1

Saul.

1Sa 31:2-7

Here am I. Heb. Behold me.

9:6; Jud 9:54; 1Sa 22:12; Isa 6:8; *marg:

Isa 65:1

an Amalekite.

Ge 14:7; Ex 17:8-16; Nu 24:20; De 25:17-19; 1Sa 15:3; 27:8

1Sa 30:1,13,17

anguish, etc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coathindereth me, that my, etc.

slew.

Jud 1:7; 9:54; 1Sa 22:18; 31:4,5; Mt 7:2

crown.

12:30; La 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.

Amos 2:14

the flight.

9:1-3; Job 11:20; *marg:

Ec 9:11; Isa 30:16; Jer 9:23

himself. Heb. his soul, or life.
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