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CHAPTER XXIV
_Saul is informed that David is at En-gedi, and goes to seek him_
_with_ three thousand _men_, 1, 2.
_He goes into a cave to repose, where David and his men lay hid;_
_who, observing...
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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 w
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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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David spares Saul's life in the cave at En-gedi
This narrative and that in ch. 26 are regarded by some commentators as
different accounts of the same event. See Note VII. p. 243, and the
notes on ch....
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1 Samuel 24:2. _upon the rocks of the wild goats_ On precipitous
cliffs scarcely accessible except to the ibex and chamois. Wild goats
and antelopes still abound on the heights above Ain-Jidy....
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IN THE WILDERNESS OF EN-GEDI— The word גדי עין _En-gedi_
signifies in the Hebrew, _the kid's fountain;_ from whence the
neighbouring region took its name, probably because there they watered
their flo...
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Saul's Life Spared by David, 1 Samuel 24:1-22.
_David Spares Saul's Life._ 1 Samuel 24:1-7
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, B...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN SAUL WAS RETURNED FROM FOLLOWING THE
PHILISTINES, THAT IT WAS TOLD HIM, SAYING, BEHOLD, DAVID IS IN THE
WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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 de...
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WHEN SAUL WAS RETURNED. — How intent Saul was on his bloody purpose
with regard to his supposed rival is clear, for no sooner was the
Philistine raid repulsed than with sleepless animosity he at once...
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_[1 Samuel 24:2]_ וַ יְהִ֗י כַּֽ אֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁ֣ב...
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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 kingdom...
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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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And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the
wilderness of (b) Engedi.
(b) A city of Judah, (Joshua 15:62)....
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(1) В¶ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following
the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the
wilderness of Engedi. (2) Then Saul took three thousand chosen...
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CONTENTS
The history of Saul's pursuit of David, is continued in the opening of
this chapter. But, in this pursuit, the Lord brought Saul into David's
hand: his followers advise David to avail 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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AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN SAUL WAS RETURNED FROM FOLLOWING THE
PHILISTINES,.... Having, as it should seem, got the victory over them,
and driven them out of his country, and pursued them to their own:...
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And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the
wilderness of Engedi.
Ver. 1. _It was told him, saying._] They that...
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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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SAUL IN THE CAVE...
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And it came to pass, when Saul had returned from following the
Philistines, just as soon as he had repulsed the invaders, made them
desist from their raid, THAT IT WAS TOLD HIM, SAYING, BEHOLD, DAVID...
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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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FOLLOWING:
_ Heb._ after...
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1-7 God delivered Saul into David's hand. It was an opportunity given
to David to exercise faith and patience. He had a promise of the
kingdom, but no command to slay the king. He reasons strongly, b...
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1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 24 Saul pursueth David to En-gedi; cometh into a cave
in which was David with his men; who cutteth off the skirt of Saul's
mantle, but will not kill him, 1 SAMUEL 24:1. He communeth w...
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1 Samuel 24:1 Saul H7586 returned H7725 (H8804) following H310
Philistines H6430 told H5046 (H8686) saying H559 ...
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SAUL UNWITTINGLY PUTS HIMSELF AT DAVID'S MERCY (1 SAMUEL 24:1).
Even in Engedi David was not safe from a vengeful Saul, for once he
had driven back the Philistines, Saul gathered three thousand of
Isr...
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1 Samuel 24:1
_(with Song of Solomon 1:14)_
Engedi means the fountain of the wild goat or rather, as we should
say, of the ibex, the Syrian chamois, or the antelope. Among these
wild but beautiful so...
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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 VERSE...
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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 i...
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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 24:2 “ROCKS OF THE WILD GOATS,” or _ibex-rocks_. Probably
not a name for any particular rock, but a general term applied to the
locality on account of the numb...
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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)....
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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 23:19; 1 Samuel 23:28; 1 Samuel 23:29; Ezekiel 22:9; Hosea
7:3