OW * the Philiſtines fought againſt Iſrael 2: and. "0 the men of Iſrael fledfrom beforethe Philiſtines, ,! Chron and fell down || ſlain in mount Gijboa. || Or. a Whilſt David was engaged againſt the Amalekites, So he returns wounded to the Hiſtory, which had been interrupted, to give an account of ; David's concerns.
2 And the Philiſtines followed hard upCn Saul, and upon his ſons ; and the Philiſtines flew * Jonathan 5, « Ch and Abinadab c, and Malchiſhua, Sauls ſons, 8. Rage
b David's dear Friend ; God ſo ordering it for the further exerciſe of David's Faith and Patience ; and that David might depend upon God alone for his Crown, and reccivs it ſolely from him, and nor from Jonathan ; who doubtleſs, had he lived, would have i; peedily ſettled the Crown upon David's Head, which would have in ſome ſort eclipſed the Glory of God's Grace and Power in this Work. There was alſo a ſpecial Providence of God, in taking away Jon a- than, ( who of all Saul's Sons, ſeems to have been the faireſt for the Crown)for the preventing Diviſions,which have happened amengſt the People concerning the Succeſſor : David's way to the Crown being by this means made the more clear. c Called alſo 1hui, x Sam. 14.49. Tſbboſhzth was not here, being poſſibly at home for the management of publick Afairs there.
3 And the battel went fore againſt Saul, and the 7 archers | hit him, and he was fore wounded of the ; 11, archers, ſhooters,
4 Then ſaid Saul unto his armour- bearer, Draw thy menwith ſword, and thruft methrough therewith, leſt theſe un- _ circumciſed come, and thruſt me through, and || abuſe þ ow him me 4. But his armour-bearer would. not, for he was ſore || Or, afraid : therefore Saul took a ſword and fell upon it e.
_ dLeft they take me,and put me ta ſome ſhameful and cruel death. e And died of the Wound, as it follows.
5 And when his armour-bearer ſaw that Saul was
ood, he fell likewiſe upon his ſword, and died with im. |
6 So Saul died with his three ſons, and his armour- bearer, andall his men that fame day together. 7 © And when themen of Iſrael that were on the other ſide of the valley f, and they that were on the other fide Jordan g, ſaw that the men of Iſrael fled, and that Saul and his ſons were dead, they forſook the = and fled, and the Philiſtines came and dwelt in them.
f To wit, the Valley of Jezred, where the Battel was fought. g Or rather, on this ſide Jordan; for theſe were in the moſt danger : and the Hebrew Prepoſition is indifferently uſed for oz this ſide, or for beyond.
8 And it came to paſs on the morrow, when the Philiftines came to ſtrip the flain, that they found Saul and his three ſons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cut oft his head b, and ſtripped off his ar- mour, and ſent into theland of the Philiſtines round a- bout, to publiſh zt iz the houſe of their idols 5, and a- mong the people.
h As the 1/raelites did by Goliah, i To give them the glory of this Vittory.
10 And they put his armour in the houſe of Aſhta- roth 8 and they faſtned his body to the wall of Beth-ſhan.
ir © And when the inhabitants of Jabeſh-Gilead & || Or, as heard || of that which the Philiſtines had done to Saul ; cerning
k Which was beyond Jordan: for the People on this fide Jordan #'”- were fled from their Cities, as was now ſaid.
12 All the valiant men aroſe, and went all night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his ſons, from the walls of Beth-ſban, and came to Jabeſh, and * burnt them there 7.
I Burnt their Fleſh, after the manner.
13 And they took their bones, and * buried them un- * 2 Sam:
der a tree at Jabeth, and faſted ſeven days x. 4 5. 40
mm To teſtific their Sorrow for the publick loſs of Saul, and of the *** 12,15 People of God ; and to intreat God's Favour to prevent the utter Extin&ion of his People. But you muſt not underſtand this word of faſting itrialy, as if they eat nothing for ſeven whole. Days ; but in a more large any general ſenſe, as it is uſed both in Sa- cred and Prophane Writers; that they did eat but little, and that ſeldom ; and that but mean Food, and drunk only Water for that time.
*Jer. 345
IL SAMUEL
CHAP.jL
David being at Ziklag receiveth tidings by an Amalekite of Saul and 7e-
nathan's death : the meſſenger pretendeth bimſelf to have killed Saul, I=--12, David cauſeth himtobe put to death, 13===16, Lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a ſong, 19-==27, Ow it came to paſs after the death of Saul, N when David was returned from * the ſlaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in a Which though burnt, yet was not ſo conſumed by the Fire, #hat David and his Men could not lodge in It. 2 It came even co paſs on the third day b, that be-
he!d a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his headc: and ſo it was when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeifance.
6 From David's return to Ziklag, as the foregoing words manifeſt-
e Pretending ſorrow for the loſs of God's People, in complyance with Da4id's humour.
3 And David ſaid unto him, From whence comeſt thou ?And hefſaid unte him, Out of the camp of Ifra- | el am I eſcaped. | u _ 4 And David ſaid unto him, + How went the mat- ,, | cer ?
fHeb 114: fers : Or captains 0) the horſe= men.
+ Heb:
behold me -
|Or, 77? (08 0 mail; (or embro: fred coat kindereth Me, thas mj, &C.
"Chap. JI, and 13, 3 I,
*Plal.10' Is,
"Joſh. 1:
13, lOr, of t #pright.
| b, I. If. 3 A - ter? I pray thee tell me. And he anſwered, That the people are fled from the battzl, and many of the peoplc alſo are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his ſon
d are dead alſo. d He mentions only theſe two, as thoſe who ſeemed moſt to ob- ſtru& David's coming to the Crown. : 5s And David ſaid nnto the young man that told him, How knoweſt thou that Saul and Jonathan his ſon bc dead e ? —— ,
e For the knowledge of this did moſt concern both David and the whole Common-wealth of Iſrael. : ;
6 And the young men that told him, ſaid, As T hap: feb 9- nened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Sau} fer ww leaned upon his ſpear: and1o, the chariots and | horle- —_— followed hard after him.
the horje= men : met And when he looked behind him, he ſaw me, and
j Heb: called unto me : and I anſwered, | Here aw I.
klola'm?.! & And he ſaid unto me, Who art thou ? andI an- ſwered him, I am an Amalckite.
10, © He ſaid unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon
"of me f, and flayme: for || anguiſh is come upon me g,