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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 24:14

Thee: the tree is known by its fruit. If therefore I have behaved in this manner, no longer trust the reports of others against me. (Calmet) --- The wicked, if left to themselves, will be their own tormentors. He may thus indirectly threaten Saul, as iniquity is often put for punishment. (Menochius) --- The wicked shall at last open thier eyes, and be reclaimed. (Rabbins ap. Munster.) --- David entertained hopes that even Saul would now be convinced of his innocence. (Haydock)

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See also 1 Samuel 24:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 24:14. _AFTER A DEAD DOG_] A term used among the Hebrews to signify the most sovereign contempt; see 2 Samuel 16:9. One utterly incapable of making the least resistance against Saul, a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AFTER WHOM ... - i. e., was it consistent with the dignity of the king of Israel to lead armies in pursuit of a weak and helpless individual like David?...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    A DEAD DOG, &c. Figure of speech _Meiosis._ App-6. flea. Hebrew. single flea....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _after a dead dog_, &c. "A dead dog, A SINGLE flea," express what is absolutely contemptible, harmless, and insignificant. A worthy object truly for an expedition of the King of Israel with his picked...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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 probab...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AFTER A DEAD DOG? AFTER A FLEA?— A _dog_ was an object of the greatest contempt. The reason why this secondary idea was always associated with the name of this animal in the mind of a Jew, may be dedu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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 wit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AFTER A DEAD DOG, AFTER A FLEA. — These homely but vivid similes are very common in Oriental discourse. David certainly, in his protestations of loyalty, could scarcely humble himself more than by dra...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Samuel 24:15]_ אַחֲרֵ֨י מִ֤י יָצָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    "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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AFTER WHOM IS THE KING OF ISRAEL COME OUT?.... From his court and palace, with an army of men, and at the head of them: AFTER WHOM DOST THOU PURSUE? with such eagerness and fury: AFTER A DEAD DOG; a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. Ver. 14. _After a dead dog, after a flea._] _Egregiam vero laudem,_ a great praise, a great pur...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _After whom is the king of Israel come out?_ David here employs every persuasive art to move Saul. He represents himself in as contemptible a light as possible; that he might convince Saul it was not...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, who could no longer bite and bother people, AFTER A FLEA, at best poor game for a royal hunter. David stressed...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    After a worthless, contemptible, and impotent person, such as I am. Thou disparagest thyself in contending with such a person; and even thy conquest of me will be inglorious and shameful....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 24:14 After H310 king H4428 Israel H3478 out H3318 (H8804) H310 pursue H7291 (H8802)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 revealed...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24). EXPOSITION DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1)....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:7; 1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Samuel 26:20; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samu

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