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1 Voorts geschiedde het na Sauls dood, als David van den slag der Amalekieten was wedergekomen, en David twee dagen te Ziklag gebleven was;

2 Zo geschiedde het op den derden dag, dat, ziet, uit het heirleger van Saul, een man kwam, wiens klederen gescheurd waren, en aarde was op zijn hoofd; en het geschiedde, als hij tot David kwam, zo viel hij ter aarde en boog zich neder.

3 En David zeide tot hem: Van waar komt gij? En hij zeide tot hem: Ik ben ontkomen uit het heirleger van Israel.

4 Voorts zeide David tot hem: Wat is de zaak? Verhaal het mij toch. En hij zeide, dat het volk uit den strijd gevloden was, en dat er ook velen van het volk gevallen en gestorven waren, dat ook Saul en zijn zoon Jonathan dood waren.

5 En David zeide tot den jongen, die hem de boodschap bracht: Hoe weet gij, dat Saul dood is, en zijn zoon Jonathan?

6 Toen zeide de jongen, die hem de boodschap bracht: Ik kwam bij geval op het gebergte van Gilboa; en ziet, Saul leunde op zijn spies; en ziet, de wagens en ritmeesters hielden dicht op hem.

7 Zo zag hij achter zich om, en zag mij, en hij riep mij, en ik zeide: Zie, hier ben ik.

8 En hij zeide tot mij: Wie zijt gij? En ik zeide tot hem: Ik ben een Amalekiet.

9 Toen zeide hij tot mij: Sta toch bij mij, en dood mij; want deze malienkolder heeft mij opgehouden; want mijn leven is nog gans in mij.

10 Zo stond ik bij hem, en doodde hem; want ik wist, dat hij na zijn val niet leven zou; en ik nam de kroon, die op zijn hoofd was, en het armgesmijde, dat aan zijn arm was, en heb ze hier tot mijn heer gebracht.

11 Toen vatte David zijn klederen en scheurde ze; desgelijks ook al de mannen, die met hem waren.

12 En zij weeklaagden, en weenden, en vastten tot op den avond, over Saul en over Jonathan, zijn zoon, en over het volk des HEEREN, en over het huis Israels, omdat zij door het zwaard gevallen waren.

13 Voorts zeide David tot den jongen, die hem de boodschap gebracht had: Van waar zijt gij? En hij zeide: Ik ben de zoon van een vreemden man, van een Amalekiet.

14 En David zeide tot hem: Hoe, hebt gij niet gevreesd uw hand uit te strekken, om den gezalfde des HEEREN te verderven.

15 En David riep een van de jongens, en zeide: Treed toe, val op hem aan. En hij sloeg hem, dat hij stierf.

16 En David zeide tot hem: Uw bloed zij op uw hoofd; want uw mond heeft tegen u getuigd, zeggende: ik heb den gezalfde des HEEREN gedood.

17 David nu klaagde deze klage over Saul en over Jonathan, zijn zoon;

18 Als hij gezegd had, dat men den kinderen van Juda den boog zou leren; ziet, het is geschreven in het boek des Oprechten.

19 O Sieraad van Israel, op uw hoogten is hij verslagen; hoe zijn de helden gevallen!

20 Verkondigt het niet te Gath, boodschapt het niet op de straten van Askelon; opdat de dochters der Filistijnen zich niet verblijden, opdat de dochters der onbesnedenen niet opspringen van vreugde.

21 Gij, bergen van Gilboa, noch dauw noch regen moet zijn op u, noch velden der hefofferen; want aldaar is der helden schild smadelijk weggeworpen, het schild van Saul, alsof hij niet gezalfd ware geweest met olie.

22 Van het bloed der verslagenen, van het vette der helden, werd Jonathans boog niet achterwaarts gedreven; en Sauls zwaard keerde niet ledig weder.

23 Saul en Jonathan, die beminden, en die liefelijken in hun leven, zijn ook in hun dood niet gescheiden; zij waren lichter dan arenden, zij waren sterker dan leeuwen.

24 Gij, dochteren Israels, weent over Saul; die u kleedde met scharlaken, met weelde; die u sieraad van goud deed dragen over uw kleding.

25 Hoe zijn de helden gevallen in het midden van den strijd! Jonathan is verslagen op uw hoogten!

26 Ik ben benauwd om uwentwil, mijn broeder Jonathan! Gij waart mij zeer liefelijk; uw liefde was mij wonderlijker dan liefde der vrouwen.

27 Hoe zijn de helden gevallen, en de krijgswapenen verloren!

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2686. That 'a bow' is the doctrine of faith is clear from its meaning. In the Word, wherever wars are the subject and wherever wars are mentioned, none but spiritual wars are meant in the internal sense, 1664. There were also in the Ancient Word 1 books that were entitled The Wars of Jehovah, as is clear in Moses, in Numbers 21:14-16. These, which were written in the prophetical style, possessed an internal sense and had as their subject the Lord's conflicts and temptations, and also the Church's conflicts and temptations, and those of members of the Church. This is evident from the fact that some things were selected by Moses from those books, as well as from other books of that Church which were called The Books of the Utterers of Prophecies, 2 referred to in Numbers 21:27-30, where almost the same words occur as in Jeremiah; compare Numbers 21:28 with Jeremiah 48:45. From this it may also be concluded that the Ancient Church had writings, historical and also prophetical, which were Divine and inspired and which in the internal sense had the Lord and His kingdom as their subject, and that for those people these writings were the Word as the historical and the prophetical books are for us, which in the sense of the letter have to do with the Jews and Israelites but in the internal sense with the Lord and with the things which are His.

[2] As in the Word, and also in the books of the Ancient Church, 'war' meant spiritual warfare, so all weapons such as the sword, spear, buckler, shield, arrows, shafts, and bows meant such things specifically as belong to the warfare that is meant in the spiritual sense. What is meant specifically by particular kinds of weapons will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere. Here the meaning of 'the bow', namely the doctrine of truth, will be shown, and how this meaning is derived from arrows, shafts, or darts, which mean the things of doctrine from which and with which those in particular who are spiritual fight, who in former times were therefore called 'archers'.

[3] That 'the bow' means the doctrine of truth becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The arrows of Jehovah are sharp, and all His bows are bent. His horses' hoofs are considered as flint, and His wheels as the whirlwind. Isaiah 5:28.

This refers to the truths of doctrine. 'arrows' are spiritual truths, 'bows' doctrine, 'horses' hoofs' natural truths, 'wheels' their doctrine. It is because such things are meant by them that those objects are attributed to Jehovah, to whom they cannot be attributed except in the spiritual sense, otherwise they would be words that are empty and not appropriate. In Jeremiah,

The Lord has bent His bow like an enemy, He has stood with His right hand like a foe, and has slain all things pleasant to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His anger like fire. Lamentations 2:4.

'Bow' stands for the doctrine of truth, which is seen by those immersed in falsities as a foe and hostile. No other kind of bow can be spoken of in reference to the Lord. In Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, You ride on Your horses, Your chariots are salvation, Your bow will be made quite bare. Habakkuk 3:8-9.

Here also 'bow' means the doctrine of good and truth. In Moses,

The archers will exasperate him and shoot at him and hate him. He will sit in the strength of his bow, and the arms of his hands will be made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel. Genesis 49:23-24.

This refers to Joseph, 'bow' standing for the doctrine of good and truth.

[4] In John,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given. Revelation 6:2.

'A white horse' stands for wisdom, 'he who sat on it' for the Word, as is made explicit in Revelation 19:13, where the white horse is referred to again. And because 'he who sat on it' is the Word it is clear that 'a bow' means the doctrine of truth. In Isaiah,

Who stirred up righteousness from the east, called him to be His follower, gave nations before Him, and caused Him to have dominion over kings? He made them as dust to His sword, as driven stubble to His bow. Isaiah 41:2.

This refers to the Lord, 'sword' standing for truth, 'bow' for doctrine derived from Him. In the same prophet,

I will set a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan. Isaiah 66:19.

'Those who draw the bow' stands for teachers of doctrine. For what Tarshish means, see 1156; Lud, 1195, 1231; Tubal, 1151; Javan, 1152, 1153, 1155.

[5] In Jeremiah, At the noise of the horseman and of him who wields the bow the whole city takes to flight. They have entered clouds and climbed up on rocks. The whole city has been forsaken. Jeremiah 4:29.

'The horseman' stands for those who declare the truth, 'the bow' for the doctrine of truth, which they flee from or fear who are immersed in falsities. In the same prophet,

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about; O all you who bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrow, for she has sinned against Jehovah. Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 51:2-3.

Here 'those who shoot and bend the bow' stands for declarers and teachers of the doctrine of truth.

[6] In Zechariah,

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be cut off, and He will speak peace to the nations. Zechariah 9:10.

'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding of truth, 'bow' for doctrine. In Samuel,

David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan, his son, and told [them] to teach the children of Judah the bow. 2 Samuel 1:17-18.

Here 'the bow' is not the subject but doctrinal matters regarding faith. In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, This is the day of which I have spoken, and those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, and they will make fires of and burn the weapons, both shield and buckler, bow and arrows, both hand-staff and spear; and they will make a fire of them for seven years. Ezekiel 39:8-9.

The weapons mentioned here are all weapons for spiritual war. 'Bow and arrows' stands for doctrine and its truths. Furthermore when truths themselves separated from goods are represented visually in the next life they are seen as arrows.

[7] Just as 'the bow' means the doctrine of truth, so in the contrary sense it means the doctrine of falsity. In the Word things like these nearly always have a contrary sense, as stated and shown in various places; as in Jeremiah,

Behold, a people coming from the land in the north, and a mighty nation will be stirred up from the furthest parts of the earth. They lay hold on bow and spear; it is cruel and they will have no pity. Their voice will roar like the sea, they will ride upon horses, every one set in array as a man for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion! Jeremiah 6:22-23.

Here 'bow' stands for the doctrine of falsity. In the same prophet,

Behold, a people coming from the north, a mighty nation, and many kings will be stirred up from the furthest parts of the earth. They have hold of bow and spear; they are cruel and have no pity. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same prophet,

They bend their tongue; their bow is a bow of lies and not used for truth. They grow strong in the land, for they have gone on from evil to evil and do not know Me. Jeremiah 9:2-3.

'A bow', it is quite evident, means the doctrine of falsity, for it is said that 'they bend their tongue, their bow is a bow of lies and not for truth'.

[8] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth has said, Behold, I am breaking the bow of Elam, the chief of its might. Jeremiah 49:35.

In David,

Come, behold the works of Jehovah who makes desolations in the earth, making wars cease even to the end of the earth, He breaks the bow, shatters the spear, and burns the chariots 3 with fire. Psalms 46:8-9.

In the same author,

In Judah God is known, in Israel His name is great, and in Salem will His tabernacle be, and His dwelling-place in Zion. There He broke the bow's fiery darts, the shield and the sword, and war. Psalms 76:1-3.

In the same author;

Behold, the wicked bend the bow, they prepare their shafts upon the string to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart. Psalms 11:2.

Here 'bow and shafts' plainly stands for matters of doctrine concerning falsity.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The text has Church, but the Latin is clearly Word.

2. or The Books of Prophetic Utterances. But see 2897.

3. literally, carts or wagons

  
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