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‏ 2 Samuel 1:4-10

How went Heb. What was, etc. 1Sam 4:16 *marg.

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. Ruth 2:3; 1Sam 6:9; Luke 10:31

mount 2Sam 1:21; 1Sam 28:4, 1Sam 31:1

Saul 1Sam 31:2-7

Here am I Heb. Behold me, 2Sam 9:6; Judg 9:54; 1Sam 22:12; Isa 6:8 *marg. Isa 65:1

an Amalekite Gen 14:7; Exod 17:8-16; Num 24:20; Deut 25:17-19; 1Sam 15:3, 1Sam 27:8; 1Sam 30:1, 1Sam 30:13, 1Sam 30:17

anguish etc. or, my coat of mail, or, my embroidered coat hindereth me, that my, etc

slew Judg 1:7, Judg 9:54; 1Sam 22:18, 1Sam 31:4-5; Matt 7:2

crown 2Sam 12:30; Lam 5:16

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.