2 Samuel 1:12-27
afraid <03372> [How.]
reach out <07971> [stretch forth.]
Come <05066> [Go near.]
blood <01818> [Thy blood.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
chanted <06969> [lamented.]
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.
beauty <06643> [beauty.]
mighty <01368> [how are.]
report <05046> [Tell.]
Philistines <06430> [Philistines.]
uncircumcised <06189> [uncircumcised.]
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.]
bow <07198> [the bow.]
during <05273> [pleasant. or, sweet.]
separated .... swifter .... stronger <06504 07043 01396> [they were.]
swifter <07043> [swifter.]
stronger <01396> [stronger.]
warriors <01368> [How.]
[thou was.]
love ......... love <0160> [thy love.]
warriors <01368> [How are.]
weapons <03627> [weapons.]
