_AND THE ZIPHITES CAME UNTO SAUL TO GIBEAH, SAYING, DOTH NOT DAVID HIDE HIMSELF IN THE HILL OF HACHILAH, WHICH IS BEFORE JESHIMON?_ The Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah. This people seem to have thought it impossible for David to escape, and therefore had recommended themselves to Saul by giving h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAUL AROSE, AND WENT DOWN TO THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH, HAVING THREE THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN OF ISRAEL WITH HIM, TO SEEK DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID AROSE, AND CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE SAUL HAD PITCHED: AND DAVID BEHELD THE PLACE WHERE SAUL LAY, AND ABNER THE SON OF NER, THE CAPTAIN OF HIS HOST: AND SAUL LAY IN THE TRENCH, AND THE PEOPLE PITCHED ROUND ABOUT HIM._ Came to the place where Saul had pitched. Having obtained certain inform... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 THE CAMP? AND ABISHAI SAID, I WILL GO DOWN WITH THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID ABISHAI TO DAVID, GOD HATH DELIVERED THINE ENEMY INTO THINE HAND THIS DAY: NOW THEREFORE LET ME SMITE HIM, I PRAY THEE, WITH THE SPEAR EVEN TO THE EARTH AT ONCE, AND I WILL NOT SMITE HIM THE SECOND TIME._ Said Abishai ... God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand. This midnight stra... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO ABISHAI, DESTROY HIM NOT: FOR WHO CAN STRETCH FORTH HIS HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED, AND BE GUILTLESS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD FORBID THAT I SHOULD STRETCH FORTH MINE HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED: BUT, I PRAY THEE, TAKE THOU NOW THE SPEAR THAT IS AT HIS BOLSTER, AND THE CRUSE OF WATER, AND LET US GO._ The spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water. The Oriental spear had, and still has, a spike at t... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO DAVID TOOK THE SPEAR AND THE CRUSE OF WATER FROM SAUL'S BOLSTER; AND THEY GAT THEM AWAY, AND NO MAN SAW IT, NOR KNEW IT, NEITHER AWAKED: FOR THEY WERE ALL ASLEEP; BECAUSE A DEEP SLEEP FROM THE LORD WAS FALLEN UPON THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID CRIED TO THE PEOPLE, AND TO ABNER THE SON OF NER, SAYING, ANSWEREST THOU NOT, ABNER? THEN ABNER ANSWERED AND SAID, WHO ART THOU THAT CRIEST TO THE KING?_ And ... cried to the people - (see the note at Judges 9:7.) The extraordinary purity and elasticity of the air in Palestine enable wor... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO ABNER, ART NOT THOU A VALIANT MAN? AND WHO IS LIKE TO THEE IN ISRAEL? WHEREFORE THEN HAST THOU NOT KEPT THY LORD THE KING? FOR THERE CAME ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN TO DESTROY THE KING THY LORD._ David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? ... wherefore then hast thou not kept thy... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS THING IS NOT GOOD THAT THOU HAST DONE. AS THE LORD LIVETH, YE ARE WORTHY TO DIE, BECAUSE YE HAVE NOT KEPT YOUR MASTER, THE LORD'S ANOINTED. AND NOW SEE WHERE THE KING'S SPEAR IS, AND THE CRUSE OF WATER THAT_ _ WAS AT HIS BOLSTER._ Ye are worthy to die, х_ BªNEEY_ (H1121) _ MAAWET_ (H4194)] -... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL KNEW DAVID'S VOICE, AND SAID, IS THIS THY VOICE, MY SON DAVID? AND DAVID SAID, IT IS MY VOICE, MY LORD, O KING._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY THEE, LET MY LORD THE KING HEAR THE WORDS OF HIS SERVANT. IF THE LORD HAVE STIRRED THEE UP AGAINST ME, LET HIM ACCEPT AN OFFERING: BUT IF THEY BE THE CHILDREN OF MEN, CURSED BE THEY BEFORE THE LORD; FOR THEY HAVE DRIVEN ME OUT THIS DAY FROM ABIDING IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE LO... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE, LET NOT MY BLOOD FALL TO THE EARTH BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD: FOR THE KING OF ISRAEL IS COME OUT TO SEEK A FLEA, AS WHEN ONE DOTH HUNT A PARTRIDGE IN THE MOUNTAINS._ As when one doth hunt a partridge. The allusion is to the ancient method of taking these birds by throwing sticks.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID SAUL, I HAVE SINNED: RETURN, MY SON DAVID: FOR I WILL NO MORE DO THEE HARM, BECAUSE MY SOUL WAS PRECIOUS IN THINE EYES THIS DAY: BEHOLD, I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL, AND HAVE ERRED EXCEEDINGLY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAUL SAID TO DAVID, BLESSED BE THOU, MY SON DAVID: THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS, AND ALSO SHALT STILL PREVAIL. SO DAVID WENT ON HIS WAY, AND SAUL RETURNED TO HIS PLACE._ So David went on his way. Notwithstanding this sudden relenting of Saul, David placed no confidence in his professions o... [ Continue Reading ]