2 Samuel 1:11-12

1:11

tore <07167> [rent.]

<0582> [likewise.]

1:12

2 Samuel 1:17-27

1:17

chanted <06969> [lamented.]

1:18

taught <03925> [teach.]

Bow <07198> [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 Sa 20:36,) is celebrated in this song.

Book <05612> [the book.]

Yashar <03477> [Jasher. or, the upright.]

So LXX. [ ;] 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.

1:19

beauty <06643> [beauty.]

mighty <01368> [how are.]

1:20

report <05046> [Tell.]

Philistines <06430> [Philistines.]

uncircumcised <06189> [uncircumcised.]

1:21

mountains <02022> [mountains.]

dew <02919> [no dew.]

grain offerings <08641> [offerings.]

neglected <04899> [not.]

Instead of {belee,} "not," we should probably, with Dr. Delaney and others, read {keley,} "weapons," as it is found on one MS. and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488: "the shield of Saul; the weapons of the anointed with oil."

neglected <04899> [anointed.]

1:22

bow <07198> [the bow.]

1:23

during <05273> [pleasant. or, sweet.]

separated .... swifter .... stronger <06504 07043 01396> [they were.]

swifter <07043> [swifter.]

stronger <01396> [stronger.]

1:24

1:25

warriors <01368> [How.]

[thou was.]

1:26

love ......... love <0160> [thy love.]

1:27

warriors <01368> [How are.]

weapons <03627> [weapons.]