Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Sa2 1:1, The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the overthrow, and accused himself of Saul's death, is slain; Sa2 1:17, David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song.
when David: Sa1 30:17-26
Ziklag: Sa1 27:6
the third: Gen 22:4; Est 4:16, Est 5:1; Hos 6:2; Mat 12:40, Mat 16:21
a man: Sa2 4:10
clothes: Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34; Jos 7:6; Sa1 4:12, Sa1 4:16; Joe 2:13
and earth: Sa2 15:32
he fell: Sa2 14:4; Gen 37:7-10, Gen 43:28; Sa1 20:41, Sa1 25:23; Psa 66:3; Rev 3:9
From: Kg2 5:25
am I: Job 1:15-19
How went: Heb. What was, etc. Sa1 4:16 *marg.
the people: Sa1 31:1-6; Ch1 10:1-6
How knowest: Pro 14:15, Pro 25:2
As I happened: The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown. There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people. Rut 2:3; Sa1 6:9; Luk 10:31
mount: Sa2 1:21; Sa1 28:4, Sa1 31:1
Saul: Sa1 31:2-7
Here am I: Heb. Behold me, Sa2 9:6; Jdg 9:54; Sa1 22:12; Isa 6:8 *marg. Isa 65:1
an Amalekite: Gen 14:7; Exo 17:8-16; Num 24:20; Deu 25:17-19; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 27:8; Sa1 30:1, Sa1 30:13, Sa1 30:17
anguish: etc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etc
slew: Jdg 1:7, Jdg 9:54; Sa1 22:18, Sa1 31:4, Sa1 31:5; Mat 7:2
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.
rent: Sa2 3:31, Sa2 13:31; Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34; Act 14:14
likewise: Rom 12:15
Psa 35:13, Psa 35:14; Pro 24:17; Jer 9:1; Amo 6:6; Mat 5:44; Co2 11:29; Pe1 3:8
How: Num 12:8; Sa1 31:4; Pe2 2:10
stretch forth: Sa1 24:6, Sa1 26:9; Psa 105:15
Go near: Sa2 4:10-12; Jdg 8:20; Sa1 22:17, Sa1 22:18; Kg1 2:25, Kg1 2:34, Kg1 2:46; Job 5:12; Pro 11:18
Thy blood: Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6; Lev 20:9, Lev 20:11-13, Lev 20:16, Lev 20:27; Deu 19:10; Jos 2:19; Jdg 9:24; Sa1 26:9; Kg1 2:32, Kg1 2:33, Kg1 2:37; Eze 18:13, Eze 33:5; Mat 27:25; Act 20:26
mouth: Sa2 1:10; Job 15:6; Pro 6:2; Luk 19:22; Rom 3:19
lamented: Sa2 1:19; Gen 50:11; Ch2 35:25; Jer 9:17-21
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," (Sa1 20:36), is celebrated in this song.
the book: Jos 10:13
Jasher: or, the upright, So LXX επι βιβλιου τον ευθους; 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: Sa2 1:23; Deu 4:7, Deu 4:8; Sa1 31:8; Isa 4:2, Isa 53:2; Lam 2:1; Zac 11:7, Zac 11:10
how are: Sa2 1:25, Sa2 1:27; Lam 5:16
Tell: Deu 32:26, Deu 32:27; Jdg 14:19, Jdg 16:23, Jdg 16:24; Sa1 31:9; Mic 1:10
Philistines: Exo 15:20, Exo 15:21; Jdg 11:34; Sa1 18:6; Eze 16:27, Eze 16:57
uncircumcised: Sa1 17:26, Sa1 17:36, Sa1 31:4, Sa1 31:9
mountains: Sa1 31:1; Ch1 10:1, Ch1 10:8
no dew: Jdg 5:23; Job 3:3-10; Isa 5:6; Jer 20:14-16
not: Instead of belee, "not," we should probably, with Dr. Delaney and others, read keley, "weapons," as it is found on one manuscript and in the first edition of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488: "the shield of Saul; the weapons of the anointed with oil."
the bow: Sa1 14:6-14, Sa1 18:4; Isa 34:6, Isa 34:7
pleasant: or, sweet, Sa1 18:1, Sa1 20:2
they were: Sa1 31:1-5
swifter: Sa2 2:18; Deu 28:49; Ch1 12:8; Job 9:26; Jer 4:13; Lam 4:19
stronger: Sa2 23:20; Jdg 14:18; Pro 30:30
Jdg 5:30; Psa 68:12; Pro 31:21; Isa 3:16-26; Jer 2:32; Ti1 2:9, Ti1 2:10; Pe1 3:3-5
How: Sa2 1:19, Sa2 1:27; Lam 5:16, thou was, Jdg 5:18; Sa1 14:13-15
thy love: Sa1 18:1-4, Sa1 19:2, Sa1 20:17, Sa1 20:41, Sa1 23:16