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2 Samuel 1:20 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.2 Samuel 1:20 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:20 in context
18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uncircumcisedʻârêluncircumcisedH6189 →
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- publishbâsarproperly, to be freshH1319 →
- streetschûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- AskelonʼAshqᵉlôwnAshkelon, a place in PalestineH831 →
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When David had rent his clothes, mourned, and wept, and fasted, for the death of Saul, and done justice upon him who made himself guilty of it, one would think he had made full payment of the debt of honour he owed to his memory; yet this is not all: we have here a poem he wrote on that occasion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27