"Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it."
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MY FATHER - The respectful address of a junior and an inferior (see 2
Kings 5:13, and compare 1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 25:8)....
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CHAPTER 24
_ 1. In the wilderness of En-gedi (1 Samuel 24:1)_
2. David's words to Saul (1 Samuel 24:9)
3. Saul's answer to David (1 Samuel 24:16)
Saul continues in the pursuit of David and with 300...
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1 SAMUEL 24. DAVID SPARES SAUL AT ENGEDI (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two
versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both
versions are early. It is not clear which is the earlier, b...
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David pleads his innocence
9. _men's words_ Calumniators like "Cush the Benjamite," against whom
Psalms 7 is directed, strove to inflame Saul's mind against David.
That Psalm has been with much proba...
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THERE IS NEITHER EVIL NOR TRANSGRESSION IN MINE HAND— Instead of
taking away Saul's life, David only privately cut off the skirt of his
robe. His protestation of his innocence, and having no intention...
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_David Pleads for His Life._ 1 Samuel 24:8-15
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,
David stooped wi...
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24:11 for (b-55) Or 'huntest after.'...
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE AT ENGEDI
We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26, and some critics
hold that the two are merely varying accounts of the same event. But
it. is to be noticed that...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 24
DAVID REFUSES TO KILL SAUL
V1 When Saul had finished fighting the *Philistines he returned home.
Someone told him that David was in the des...
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MY FATHER. — Not in the sense of “my father-in-law.” The
Princess Michal before this time probably had been given to Phalti.
The _time_ when this wicked act was carried out by Saul is left quite
indef...
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_[1 Samuel 24:12]_ וְ אָבִ֣י רְאֵ֔ה גַּ֗ם
רְאֵ֛ה אֶת ־כְּנַ֥ף מְעִילְךָ֖ בְּ
יָדִ֑י כִּ֡י בְּ...
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CHAPTER XXXI.
_ DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL._
1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 26:1.
THE invasion of the Philistines had freed David from the fear of Saul
for a time, but only for a time. He knew ful...
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RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL
1 Samuel 24:1
Engedi is situated on the western shore of the Dead Sea. As Saul
entered the cave, a very insidious temptation presented itself to
David. Why not rid the kingdo...
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At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy
for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his
hand, uttered a strong protest against Saul's persecution. T...
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_A thought to kill thee. That is, a suggestion, to which I did not
consent. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "and he spoke to kill thee, and he
has pardoned thee; and he said, I will not," &c. (Calmet) ---
Pro...
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(8) David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,
David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself....
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We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from
what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to
restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
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"And David went up and dwelt in the strongholds of Engedi." Saul
pursues him thither, after following the Philistines, more occupied
with his jealousy of the king whom God had chosen than with the
ene...
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MOREOVER, MY FATHER,.... So he was in a natural sense, as having
married his daughter; and in a civil sense, as he was a king, and was,
or ought to have been, the father of his country, and to treat h...
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_Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand:
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know
thou and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression...
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_Mine eye spared thee_ A phrase signifying the taking pity on those
whom we have it in our power to hurt. The eye is said to spare,
because it affects the heart, and induces a person to spare.
_Moreov...
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1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi, hauing cut off Sauls skirt, spareth his
life.
8 Hee sheweth thereby his innocencie.
16 Saul acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of Dauid, and
departeth.
1 AND it ca...
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DAVID PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
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Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul
gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being
exactly a brave man himself, Saul required 3000 chosen men of I...
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8-15 David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul
that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was
upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares...
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MY FATHER; so he calls him; partly, because he was his father-in-law;
partly, in testimony of his respect and subjection to him as to a
father; and partly, that by so amiable a compellation he might b...
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1 Samuel 24:11 father H1 see H7200 (H8798) see H7200 (H8798) corner
H3671 robe H4598 hand H3027 off H3772 (H8800) corner H3671 robe H4598
kill H2026 (H8804) know H3045 (H8798) see H7200 (H8798) evil H...
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DAVID REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAUL AND DEMONSTRATES THAT HE HAS PROVED BY
HIS RESTRAINT IN NOT KILLING HIM THAT HE IS TOTALLY LOYAL TO HIM (1
SAMUEL 24:8).
Once Saul had left the cave David boldly reveale...
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CONTENTS: David's mercy to Saul in En-gedi.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul.
CONCLUSION: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.
KEY WORD: Mercy (dealt well), 1 Samuel 24:18.
STRONG VERS...
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1 Samuel 24:1. _En-gedi_ was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo,
speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which
will hold four thousand men. _Lib. 16._
1 Samuel 24:3. _Saul went...
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_Where was a cave and Saul went in _. .. _ and David and his men
remained in the sides of the cave._
SAUL AND DAVID IN THE CAVE
Saul’s animosity is a fire that finds constant fuel. No sooner are
the...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:1 The three episodes in the next three
chapters all have the same theme: David, who as a warrior has already
killed many of the Lord’s enemies, should not kill for his own...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 24:8. The closeness of the precipitous rocks and the depth of
the ravines or wadies between them, together with the remarkable
purity of the air, made it quite...
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DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24).
EXPOSITION
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1).
1 SAMUEL 24:1
THE WILDERNESS OF EN-GEDI. Finding no safety on the western side o...
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Now it came to pass, when Saul was returned from the Philistines, they
told him, David's in Engedi. So Saul took three thousand of his chosen
men out of all of Israel, they went to seek David and his...
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1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:23; 1 Samuel 26:18; 1
Samuel 26:20; 2 Kings 5:13; Ezekiel 13:18; Job 10:16; John 15:25;...