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It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
2 Samuel 1:2 — KJV
The third day. That is, the third day after David’s return to Ziklag, not necessarily the third day after the death of Saul.
His clothes rent. As if to indicate sorrow for the defeat that had befallen David’s people (see Joshua 7:6; 1 Sam. 4:12; 2 Sam. 15:32; Job 2:12).
Did obeisance. The messenger was an Amalekite (see on v. 13), of the same race as the people who had attacked the camp of David and whom David had recently smitten (1 Sam. 30:1, 17, 18). His father, however, was a sojourner in Israel, and the man was evidently enlisted in Saul’s army (see on v. 3). His act of obeisance was presumably in recognition of David’s new position as leader in Israel.
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