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CHAPTER 26
_ 1. The Ziphites and Saul's pursuit (1 Samuel 26:1)_
2. David again spares Saul (1 Samuel 26:5)
3. David's words to Abner (1 Samuel 26:13)
4. David's words to Saul (1 Samuel 26:17)
5....
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1 SAMUEL 26. DAVID SPARES SAUL IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (J). From one
of the oldest sources (_cf._ on ch. 24).
1 SAMUEL 26:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 12:1 f. repeats briefly the substance and
part of the wordin...
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David's final expostulation with Saul
13. _a great space being between them_ This precaution indicates that
David trusted Saul less now than upon the former occasion. Cp. 1
Samuel 26:22....
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_David Again Spares Saul. 1 Samuel 26:6-20_
6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down
with me to Saul to th...
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_THEN DAVID WENT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND STOOD ON THE TOP OF AN
HILL AFAR OFF; A GREAT SPACE BEING BETWEEN THEM:_
Then David ... stood on the top of an hill afar off ......
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME
1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 26
DAVID AGAIN REFUSES TO KILL SAUL
V1 Some men from Ziph went to visit Saul at Gibeah. They said,
‘David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah whi...
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DAVID WENT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. — That is to say, after taking
the royal spear and cruse of water from beside the sleeping king,
David with Abishai left the camp of Saul, then, crossing the deep
ra...
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וַ יַּעֲבֹ֤ר דָּוִד֙ הָ עֵ֔בֶר וַ
יַּעֲמֹ֥ד עַל ־רֹאשׁ ־הָ הָ֖ר מֵֽ
רָחֹ֑ק רַ֥ב...
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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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FACING THE TRUTH AT LAST
1 Samuel 26:13
It is good to notice David's frequent references to the living Lord.
See 1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Samuel 26:16; 1 Samuel 26:23. The fact is that
he was always waiting...
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Once again we have the account of how David spared the life of Saul.
There is no reason at all for the view that this is a repetition of
the previous story. A quiet comparison of the two will show man...
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(13) В¶ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top
of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: (14) And David
cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Ans...
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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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Alas! Saul is unchanged; instigated by the Ziphites, he seeks David
anew, but it is only to fall again, and more publicly, into David's
hands. Observe that David now appeals more directly to the Lord...
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THEN DAVID WENT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE,.... To a hill on the other
side, opposite to Hachilah, where Saul lay encamped; or "passed over
the passage" q, the valley that lay between the two hills, and p...
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Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; a great space [being] between them:
Ver. 13. _And stood on the top of a hill afar off._] On a hill, that
he might be...
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_And stood on the top of a hill_ On such a rock or precipice that
there was no coming to him but by taking a circuit round. So that it
might be said, in respect of the way whereby only they could come...
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1 Saul by the discouery of the Ziphites, commeth to Hachilah against
Dauid.
4 Dauid comming into the trench, stayeth Abishai from killing Saul,
but taketh his speare and cruse.
13 Dauid reprooueth A...
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Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; having crossed the valley, he climbed back to the very
top of the hill from which he had probably come down in the eve...
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It seems tragically foolish on Saul's part that he should respond as
he did to another message from the Ziphites to the effect that David
was hiding in the hill country of Hachilah (v.1). He had told...
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13-20 David reasoned seriously and affectionately with Saul. Those who
forbid our attendance on God's ordinances, do what they can to
estrange us from God, and to make us heathens. We are to reckon th...
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That his person might be out of their reach, and yet his voice might
be heard; which in a clear air, and in the silence of the night, might
be heard at a great distance....
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1 Samuel 26:13 David H1732 over H5674 (H8799) side H5676 stood H5975
(H8799) top H7218 hill H2022 off H7350 great H7227 distance H4725
the top - 1 Samuel 24:8; Judges 9:7...
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THE SECRET OF THE SUCCESS OF THEIR VENTURE AND DAVID'S REBUKE OF ABNER
FOR FAILING TO WATCH OVER SAUL (1 SAMUEL 26:12).
We now learn, in a verse which in one sense stands by itself, being
itself cent...
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CONTENTS: Saul spared by David a second time.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Abishai, Abner, Ahimelech.
CONCLUSION: No questionable means need be employed to help out God's
plans for our advancement...
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1 Samuel 26:5. _Saul lay in the trench._ Junius reads, “among the
waggons;” the Vulgate, “He slept in the tent.” The Romans mostly
fortified their camp; the Greeks did the same on the Trojan shore.
1...
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_Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah._
THE REPROACH OF THE ENEMY
Dr. Maclaren is specially emphatic in connecting Psalms 7:1 with this
part of David’s history, and indicates its valu...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:1 This chapter resembles ch. 1 Samuel
24:1, but there are too many differences to think that they are simply
different versions of the same event.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docu...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
The fact that the incidents related in this chapter agree in some
points with those narrated in Chapter s 23; 24 has led Ewald, Thenius,
and others to conclude that the...
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DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.).
EXPOSITION
SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO DESTROY DAVID
(1 Samuel 26:1).
1 SAMUEL 26:1
THE ZIPHITES CAME UNTO SAUL....
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Let's turn in our Bibles to first Samuel, twenty-six, and let's begin
our study of these final five Chapter s, six Chapter s.
The wilderness of Ziph actually lies between Hebron and the area of
the De...
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1 Samuel 24:8; Judges 9:7...
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Afar off — That his person might be out of their reach, and yet his
voice might be heard; which in a clear air, and in the silence of the
night might be heard at a great distance....