2 Samuel 1:2
On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
Cross References
Genesis 22:4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Genesis 37:29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
Genesis 43:28“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
1 Samuel 4:12That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
1 Samuel 20:41When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
2 Samuel 4:10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:2-11
Second Samuel This book is the history of the reign of king David. We had in the foregoing book an account of his designation to the government, and his struggles with Saul, which ended at length in the death of his persecutor. This book begins with his accession to the throne, and is entirely taken up with the affairs of the government during the forty years he reigned, and therefore is entitled by the LXX. The Third Book of the Kings. It gives us an account of David's triumphs and his troubles. I. His triumphs… Read the whole commentary →