Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:2

2 Dì sān tiān , yǒu yī rén cóng Sǎoluó de yíng lǐ chūlai , yīfu sī liè , tóu ménghuī chén , dào Dàwèi miànqián fú dì kòu baì .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:2

It came to pass on the third day
After the battle was fought, in which Saul was slain:

that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul;
that is, from them who were in the camp with Saul, for he was dead. Some say ^F4 this was Doeg the Edomite, which is not likely that he should come with such tidings to David; besides, if he was Saul's armourbearer, as others say, see ( 1 Samuel 31:4 ) ; he died with Saul; nor his son, as others ^F5, which is not at all probable, though his being an Edomite is no objection, since the Amalekites were of the race of Edom:

with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head:
in token of mourning, and was the bringer of bad tidings, see ( 1 Samuel 4:12 ) ;

and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and
did obeisance;
as being the rising sun, Saul's successor, and now king.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Pesikta in Jarchi in loc.
F5 Tanchuma in Yalkut in loc. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 lib. Reg. fol. 77. C.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:2 In-Context

1 Sǎoluó sǐ hòu , Dàwèi jī shā Yàmǎlì rén huí lái , zaì xǐ gé là zhù le liǎng tiān .

2 Dì sān tiān , yǒu yī rén cóng Sǎoluó de yíng lǐ chūlai , yīfu sī liè , tóu ménghuī chén , dào Dàwèi miànqián fú dì kòu baì .

3 Dàwèi wèn tā shuō , nǐ cóng nǎli lái . tā shuō , wǒ cóng Yǐsèliè de yíng lǐ taó lái .

4 Dàwèi yòu wèn tā shuō , shìqing zĕnyàng . qǐng nǐ gàosu wǒ . tā huídá shuō , bǎixìng cóng zhèn shàng taópǎo , yĕ yǒu xǔduō rén pú dǎo sǐwáng . Sǎoluó hé tā érzi Yuēnádān yĕ sǐ le .

5 Dàwèi wèn bàoxìn de shàonián rén shuō , nǐ zĕnme zhīdào Sǎoluó hé tā érzi Yuēnádān sǐ le ne .