2 Samuel 1:2

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, and did obeisance.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
third	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י ha.she.li.Shi	H7992	third · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
man	אִ֨ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	בָּ֤א ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Saul	שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
clothes	וּבְגָדָ֣יו u.ve.ga.Dav	H899	a covering · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
rent	קְרֻעִ֔ים ke.ru.'Im	H7167	to rend · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
earth	וַאֲדָמָ֖ה va.'a.da.Mah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
head	רֹאשׁ֑וֹ ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
came	בְּבֹא֣וֹ be.vo.'O	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֔ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
fell	וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol	H5307	to fall · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
earth	אַ֖רְצָה 'Ar.tzah	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix
obeisance	וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ vai.yish.Ta.chu	H7812	to depress · conjunction + verb, sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
2 Samuel 4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thoug…
Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel,…
1 Samuel 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
Genesis 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Genesis 37:7-10 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round ab…
Genesis 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Genesis 37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:1-10

Here is, I. David settling again in Ziklag, his own city, after he had rescued his family and friends out of the hands of the Amalekites (Sa2 1:1): He abode in Ziklag. Thence he was now sending presents to his friends (Sa1 30:26), and there he was ready to receive those that came into his interests; not men in distress and debt, as his first followers were, but persons of quality in their country, mighty men, men of war, and captains of thousands (as we find, Ch1 12:1, Ch1 12:8, Ch1 12:20); such came day by day to him, God stirring up their hearts to do so, till he had a great host, like the host of God, as it is said, Ch1 12:22. The secret springs of revolutions are unaccountable, and must…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:2

a man came out of the camp from Saul--As the narrative of Saul's death, given in the last chapter, is inspired, it must be considered the true account, and the Amalekite's story a fiction of his own, invented to ingratiate himself with David, the presumptive successor to the throne. David's question, "How went the matter?" evinces the deep interest he took in the war, an interest that sprang from feelings of high and generous patriotism, not from views of ambition. The Amalekite, however, judging him to be actuated by a selfish principle, fabricated a story improbable and inconsistent, which he thought would procure him a reward. Having probably witnessed the suicidal act of Saul, he thought…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 1:2

A man came out of the camp - The whole account which this young man gives is a fabrication: in many of the particulars it is grossly self-contradictory. There is no fact in the case but the bringing of the crown, or diadem, and bracelets of Saul; which, as he appears to have been a plunderer of the slain, he found on the field of battle; and he brought them to David, and told the lie of having despatched Saul, merely to ingratiate himself with David.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Ziklag — A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Achish, the king, assigned him Ziklag as…
Mourning · .Ripping the garments — .Ripping the garments
Rending · .Of garments, an outward sign of affliction — .Of garments, an outward sign of affliction

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 1:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 1:2

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 1:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 1:2

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 1:1-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 1:1-27

Rashi on 2 Samuel 1:2