Title Bow Song/2 Samuel 1:17-27
Content "Bow Song"
The book of Samuel was originally a book, but when translated into the Septuagint (LXX, which is a translation of Hebrew into Greek), the division of chapters and verses was distinguished. It was subdivided into
Israel is a fighter. Originally, he became a free man through the salvation of Jehovah God in his life of slavery in Egypt, but God gave him such grace because he had work to do. What he had to do was to drive out the ten tribes of Canaan from there and to reveal to all the nations that God is God. In order to do that, there must be something that they must follow, and that is war and fighting. This battle was not just Israel's fight, it was God's fight, and it is Israel's responsibility to reveal that God Himself fights for Israel.
According to verses 1 to 16 of this chapter, King Saul was killed in the battle on Mount Gilboa, and the false report of the Amalekites about Saul's death was due to the fact that he was executed. The downfall of the Saul family at the Battle of Gilboa was part of God's curse. The cause of God's curse was God's judgment on the expectations of Israel, who did not believe in God's kingship, tried to establish a new order by their own power, and hoped to establish a mighty kingdom. It was a death that marked the end of all expectations of Saul and the people of Israel.
This did not mean, however, that any major change in Israel after Saul's death did not eliminate strife or confusion. The temporary political hiatus lasted seven years, but the civil war continued without end until David defeated Saul's son Ishbosheth and took power.
The text we read today is a Lamentation of David, in which we mourn the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. This is recorded in the book of Jashar, which testifies that it is recorded under the title 'Song of the Bow'. The book of Jashar is none other than a collection of poems commemorating great events in national history, which appears in Joshua 10:13.
The main theme of this bow song is that the warrior has fallen (verse 19). "Your glory is slain on the mountain, O Israel; oh, two mighty men have fallen." The lyrics of this song are not about praising the glorious death of the king of Israel, but about the futility of a glorious life, grieving for wasting a precious life, and expressing the shame of it. And this is not just a mourning for the personal deaths of Saul and Jonathan, but it is an expression of the slaughter of the glory of God that fell on the whole of Israel. The reason is that even though Israel was born out of God's compassion and was a nation born out of His mercy, they turned away from His mercy and kicked them with their feet.
This was an expression of lamenting that King Saul, who had been Israel's all expectations and hopes, was put to death in the sight of all nations, and that he suffered great shame before the Philistines. They experience God's wrath against Israel in the face of the death of a king, and as a new king mourns for that fact, a new king emerges to rule over Israel. This new way of ruling by a king shows that by accepting Israel's failures, he will rule his people in a way that only depends on God's mercy.
And 20-24 expresses our sorrow for the loss of a valiant leader. Verses 25-26 mourn the loss of a dear friend, and finally the recurring theme of verse 1:27 shouts, "Oh, two mighty men have fallen, and the weapons of war are ruined."
Verses 19 and 21, 25 and 27 testify that the two warriors were abandoned. And they were faster than eagles and stronger than lions (verse 23), and for that reason, the daughters of Israel were told to mourn and weep for Saul. For he has lavishly clothed him with red robes, and he has filled your garments with gold playthings. It has all the appearances of a king that humans want, but what good is that to you? God's chosen people are teaching us what to do when we live in this world, not looking at our human form and external conditions, but rather giving up on that and looking at what God wants.
Therefore, although God allowed a human king because man wanted it, it was never established as a blessing for man, but another expression of God's wrath. It must be remembered that the basis for God's work is not to work according to the wishes of man, but that God always pushes forward according to His promises. God's promises do not include human desires. That is why we must always remember that the existing Israel must be destroyed, and God's will will be fulfilled in that place. The work of God destroys everything on which we humans can depend. The reason for doing so is only to leave behind God's own promises. Israel will perish and the church on earth will perish, but the true church continues to move in invitations and never perish.
Thus, 2 Samuel 1 is a verse that clearly shows the outcome of Israel's choice of the human king Saul. In other words, the result of God's rejection of being God and God's kingship over Israel is truly tragic, and the best way to express it is in 1 Samuel 4:21, "It is said, Glory has departed from Israel, and the child's name was Ichaboth. Because the ark of God has been taken, and his father-in-law and husband are dead." As the words exclaimed at the birth of Eli's son Phinehas, this confirms once again that the glory has departed from Israel.
Romans 1:3-6 says that we are 'Christ's'. 2 Corinthians 5:21 speaks of the fact that we are 'the Lord's instruments' to reveal God's righteousness. This makes it clear that the life of a saint is to live for the Lord when I know that everything I have belongs to the Lord and when it is converted into the Lord's. Therefore, it is the fact that when we do not acknowledge all of our life and everything as the Lord's and insist on what is mine as our own, we cannot escape the wrath and judgment of God. There must be God pouring out His wrath. Ezekiel 5:13 ?쏧n the same way, when my anger is finished, my heart will be refreshed, and my anger against them will be relieved. And when my anger is finished with them, they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken with zeal.??
Finally, we should remember what Jesus said to the women of Jerusalem. Luke 23:28 "Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children." Knowing that it is a life of faith to throw away these things one by one, I hope you will live a life of repentance and heartbreak for our failure to throw away those things.