2 Samuel 1:1 After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

◄ 2 Samuel 1:1 ►

Parallel Verses

Cross References

Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar.

1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

1 Samuel 30:17
And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode on camels, and fled.

1 Samuel 31:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

Jump to Previous

Abode Amalekite Amalekites Amal'ekites David Death Defeating Destruction Dwelleth Saul Slaughter Smiting Ziklag

Jump to Next

Abode Amalekite Amalekites Amal'ekites David Death Defeating Destruction Dwelleth Saul Slaughter Smiting Ziklag

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:1-10 The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. Commentary by Robert Jamieson

CHAPTER 1

2Sa 1:1-16. An Amalekite Brings Tidings of Saul's Death.

1. David had abode two days in Ziklag—Though greatly reduced by the Amalekite incendiaries, that town was not so completely sacked and destroyed, but David and his six hundred followers, with their families, could still find some accommodation.