King James Version
2 Samuel 1:11 in the King James Version says “Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
2 Samuel 1:11 · KJV
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. anguish: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger , an Amalekite.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“took hold”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
“and rent”
H7167to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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