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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 1:1

大衛驚聞掃羅父子的死訊掃羅死後,大衛殺退了亞瑪力人回來,就在洗革拉住了兩天。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Israel;   Ziklag;   Scofield Reference Index - Samuel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Amalek;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Saul;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ziklag;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   David;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ziklag ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount gilboa;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dwelling;   Jonathan;   Scripture;   Ziklag;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   Zik'lag;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   Ziklag;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafṭarah;   Simeon B. Pazzi;   Ziklag;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 死 後 , 大 卫 击 杀 亚 玛 力 人 回 来 , 在 洗 革 拉 住 了 两 天 。

Contextual Overview

1 Now Saul was dead. After David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag and stayed there two days. 2 On the third day a young man from Saul's camp came to Ziklag. To show his sadness, his clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head. He came and bowed facedown on the ground before David. 3 David asked him, "Where did you come from?" The man answered, "I escaped from the Israelite camp." 4 David asked him, "What happened? Please tell me!" The man answered, "The people have run away from the battle, and many of them have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also." 5 David asked him, "How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" 6 The young man answered, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and the men riding in them were coming closer to Saul. 7 When he looked back and saw me, he called to me. I answered him, ‘Here I am!' 8 "Then Saul asked me, ‘Who are you?' "I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.' 9 "Then Saul said to me, ‘Please come here and kill me. I am badly hurt and am almost dead already.' 10 "So I went over and killed him. He had been hurt so badly I knew he couldn't live. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my master."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when David: 1 Samuel 30:17-26

Ziklag: 1 Samuel 27:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:14 - for I will 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.
Genesis 1:16
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:17
God put all these in the sky to shine on the earth,
Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with living things, and let birds fly in the air above the earth."
Genesis 1:22
God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."
Genesis 1:30
I have given all the green plants as food for every wild animal, every bird of the air, and every small crawling animal." And it happened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul,.... The third day after, as appears from the next verse:

when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites; as related in 1 Samuel 30:17;

and David had abode two days in Ziklag; which, though fired by the Amalekites, was not utterly consumed, but there was still some convenience for the lodging of David and his men; within this time he sent his presents to several places in the tribe of Judah, of which mention is made in the chapter before quoted, and at the same time it was that so many mighty men came to him from several tribes spoken of in 1 Chronicles 12:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now it came to pass ... - There is no break whatever between the two books of Samuel, the division being purely artificial.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL

-Year from the Creation, 2949.

-Year before the Incarnation, 1055.

-Year before the first Olympiad, 279.

-Year before the building of Rome, 302.

-Year of the Julian Period, 3659.

-Year of the Dionysian Period, 467.

-Cycle of the Sun, 19.

-Cycle of the Moon, 11.

CHAPTER I

An Amalekite comes to David, and informs him that the

Philistines had routed the Israelites; and that Saul and

his sons were slain, 1-4.

And pretends that he himself had despatched Saul, finding him

ready to fall alive into the hands of the Philistines, and

had brought his crown and bracelets to David, 5-10.

David and his men mourn for Saul and his sons, 11, 12.

He orders the Amalekite, who professed that he had killed Saul,

to be slain, 13-16.

David's funeral song for Saul and Jonathan, 17-27.

NOTES ON CHAP. I


 
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