2 Samuel 1:2

Contextual Overview

¹After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed at Ziklag two days. ¹ It happened after the death of Sha'ul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the `Amaleki, and David had abode two days in Tziklag; ¹ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; ¹ After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and he stayed at Ziklag two days. ¹ After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. ¹ Now Saul was dead. After David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag and stayed there two days. ¹ After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days. ¹Now it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that he stayed two days in Ziklag. ¹ Now it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David stayed two days in Ziklag. ¹ After the death of Saul, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had beene two dayes in Ziklag,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:12

the third: Genesis 22:4, Esther 4:16, Esther 5:1, Hosea 6:2, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 16:21

a man: 2 Samuel 4:10

clothes: Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Joshua 7:6, 1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 4:16, Joel 2:13

and earth: 2 Samuel 15:32

he fell: 2 Samuel 14:4, Genesis 37:7-10, Genesis 43:28, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 25:23, Psalms 66:3, Revelation 3:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 44:13 - General 1 Samuel 30:1 - were come 2 Samuel 3:31 - Rend 2 Samuel 13:19 - put ashes 2 Samuel 18:28 - All is well 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself Nehemiah 9:1 - earth Jeremiah 41:6 - weeping Ezekiel 27:30 - cast

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
The eretz brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit in which there was seed according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.

Genesis 1:12
The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
The earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruite, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It came to pass on the third day,.... After the battle was fought, in which Saul was slain:

that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul; that is, from them who were in the camp with Saul, for he was dead. Some say d this was Doeg the Edomite, which is not likely that he should come with such tidings to David; besides, if he was Saul's armourbearer, as others say, see 1 Samuel 31:4; he died with Saul; nor his son, as others e, which is not at all probable, though his being an Edomite is no objection, since the Amalekites were of the race of Edom:

with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: in token of mourning, and was the bringer of bad tidings, see 1 Samuel 4:12;

and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance; as being the rising sun, Saul's successor, and now king.

d Pesikta in Jarchi in loc. e Tanchuma in Yalkut in loc. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 lib. Reg. fol. 77. C.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 1:2. A man came out of the camp — The whole account which this young man gives is a fabrication: in many of the particulars it is grossly self-contradictory. There is no fact in the case but the bringing of the crown, or diadem, and bracelets of Saul; which, as he appears to have been a plunderer of the slain, he found on the field of battle; and he brought them to David, and told the lie of having despatched Saul, merely to ingratiate himself with David.