2 Samuel 1:8-27

1:8

Amalekite <06003> [an Amalekite.]

1:9

dizzy <07661> [anguish, etc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etc.]

1:10

death <04191> [slew.]

crown <05145> [crown.]

bracelet <0685> [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.

1:11

tore <07167> [rent.]

<0582> [likewise.]

1:12

1:14

afraid <03372> [How.]

reach out <07971> [stretch forth.]

1:15

Come <05066> [Go near.]

1:16

blood <01818> [Thy blood.]

mouth <06310> [mouth.]

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.]