2 Samuel 1:6
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain where the battle occurred, and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The enemy chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
5David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:9Watch the cart as the cows pull it. If they pull it to Beth-Shemesh town in Israel, we will know that it was the Israelis’ god who caused us to experience this plague. But if they do not take it there, we will know that it was not the god [MTY] of the Israelis who has punished us. We will know that it just happened.”
1 Samuel 31:1Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and ◄many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis► on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Samuel 1:21I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of the Gilboa area [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty king, fell on the ground. No one rubbed olive oil on Saul’s shield;
Luke 10:31It happened that a Jewish priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, instead of helping him, he passed by on the other side of the road.
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 →