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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 1 This chapter contains an account of the death of Saul and Jonathan, as related to David by an Amalekite, 2 Samuel 1:1; of the sorrow he and his men were filled with at the news of it, 2 Samuel 1:11; of his order to put to death the messenger that brought the tidings, for his concern in the death of Saul, according to his own testimony, 2 Samuel 1:13; and of a...
John Gill
Ye mountains of Gilboa,.... On which fell Saul and his sons, and many of the people of Israel, 2 Samuel 1:6; [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain upon you; which is not to understood as a real imprecation; for David would never curse any part of the land of Israel, for which he had so great a regard; but only as a poetical figure, expressing his concern for, and abhorrence of what...
Matthew Henry
David's Concern at Saul's Fate. (b. c. 1055.) 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; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth,...