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2 Samuel 1

2 Sam. 1:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the young man
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
that told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
him said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, As I happened
qarah (Hebrew #7136)
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
KJV usage: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
by chance
qara' (Hebrew #7122)
a primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
KJV usage: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
upon mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Gilboa
Gilboa` (Hebrew #1533)
fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
KJV usage: Gilboa.
Pronounce: ghil-bo'-ah
Origin: from 1530 and 1158
, behold, Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
o leaned
sha`an (Hebrew #8172)
to support one's self
KJV usage: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
Pronounce: shaw-an'
Origin: a primitive root
upon his spear
chaniyth (Hebrew #2595)
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Pronounce: khan-eeth'
Origin: from 2583
; and, lo, the chariots
rekeb (Hebrew #7393)
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
KJV usage: chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
Pronounce: reh'-keb
Origin: from 7392
and horsemen
parash (Hebrew #6571)
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting (compare 5483)); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
KJV usage: horseman.
Pronounce: paw-rawsh'
Origin: from 6567
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
followed hard
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
after him.
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1 Sam. 31:1‑2• 1And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. (1 Sam. 31:1‑2)
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Gilboa,
Man,
Mountain Mount,
Saul,
Spears

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Ministry on This Verse

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As I happened.The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown.
There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch.
It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people.
Ruth 2:3• 3And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. (Ruth 2:3)
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1 Sam. 6:9• 9And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance that happened to us. (1 Sam. 6:9)
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Luke 10:31• 31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side; (Luke 10:31)
mount.
2 Sam. 1:21• 21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil. (2 Sam. 1:21)
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1 Sam. 28:4• 4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. (1 Sam. 28:4)
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1 Sam. 31:1• 1And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa. (1 Sam. 31:1)
Saul.
1 Sam. 31:2‑7• 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
 4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
 5And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
 7And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and they that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. (1 Sam. 31:2‑7)
• It is only at David's third question that the liar is unmasked. David, a spiritual man, already suspects the unlikelihood of this story: "I happened by chance to be upon mount Gilboa." What? by chance? ―in the thick of battle? (“The Amalekite: 2 Samuel 1:1-16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the young man that told him said, I happened by chance to be upon mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul leaned on his spear; and behold, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.