2 Samuel 4:10
“When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person,.... As Ishbosheth was in comparison of the wicked men that…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
A reward for his tidings - Ὡ εδει με δουναι ευαγγελια, Septuagint. Here is a proof that ευαγγελιον, evangelium or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 4:9-12
We have here justice done upon the murderers of Ish-bosheth.
I. Sentence passed upon them. There needed no evidence,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
when one told me, &c. The Amalekite who pretended to have slain Saul (ch. 2Sa 1:2 ff.).
slew him … whothought that I…