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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 19:18

So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, he turned to the prophet, his fatherly friend, first of all, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth, the place where the children of the prophets lived, with Samuel at their head.

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See also 1 Samuel 19:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 19:18. _DAVID FLED, AND ESCAPED - TO SAMUEL_] He, no doubt, came to this holy man to ask advice; and Samuel thought it best to retain him for the present, with himself at Naioth, where...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    No such place as Naioth (or Nevaioth) is known, but the word means “dwellings.” Hence, it is considered that Naioth was the name of the collegiate residence of the prophets, in, or just outside, Ramah...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID AT RAMAH (R). Of uncertain origin, probably late. Partly parallel to 1 Samuel 10:10 ff. David takes refuge with Samuel at Naioth in Ramah. Naioth is apparently not a proper name, but if it is no...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    David takes refuge with Samuel at Ramah 18. _to Samuel_ Turning naturally for direction at this crisis to the prophet who had anointed him, and hoping that Saul would at least reverence the age and a...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE AND SAMUEL WENT, AND DWELT IN NAIOTH— The Chaldee renders this as if it was an appellation, _the school of learning._ This was the famous school of the prophets. As many have been at a loss to asce...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David With Samuel._ 1 Samuel 19:18-24 18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it wa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO DAVID FLED, AND ESCAPED, AND CAME TO SAMUEL TO RAMAH, AND TOLD HIM ALL THAT SAUL HAD DONE TO HIM. AND HE AND SAMUEL WENT AND DWELT IN NAIOTH._ David fled ... and came ... to Ramah. Samuel was liv...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL'S HATRED OF DAVID. DAVID ESCAPES TO SAMUEL 2. Until the morning] RV 'in the morning.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CAME TO SAMUEL] David naturally turned to him for advice and direction. NAIOTH] Evidently the name of some locality in Ramah, but whether a building or a district it is impossible to determine....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 19 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID V1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. Jonathan liked David very much. V2 So he warned...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND CAME TO SAMUEL. — The influence and authority which Samuel still preserved in the nation even in the stormy close of Saul’s career, must have been very great for the frightened David to have sough...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ דָוִ֨ד בָּרַ֜ח וַ יִּמָּלֵ֗ט וַ יָּבֹ֤א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXVI. _ SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID._ 1 Samuel 19:1. ANEW Stage of his wicked passion is now reached by Saul; he communes with his servants, and even with his son, with a view to th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SAUL CHECKED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD 1 Samuel 19:13 David hastened to apprise Samuel of the turn that events were taking, and of his grave suspicions that Saul was attempting on his life. For greater se...

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

    Saul's enmity toward David grew, while the friendship between Jonathan and David increased. Saul did all in his power to set both Jonathan and the people against David. He even went so far as to charg...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in (g) Naioth. (g) Naioth was a school where the word of God was...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO DAVID FLED AND ESCAPED,.... Fled from his own house, and escaped falling into the hands of the messengers of Saul, and so of Saul himself: AND CAME TO SAMUEL TO RAMAH; the place where Samuel dwelt...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. Ver. 18. _And came to Samuel to Ramah._] For direction...

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

    _David escaped and came to Samuel_ Both for comfort and direction in his distress, and for safety, supposing that Saul would be ashamed to execute his bloody designs in the presence of so venerable a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ionathan discloseth his fathers purpose to kill Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage breaketh out against...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    When Saul told Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death, no sensible servant would have approved of this. Jonathan however, positively loved David and warned him of Saul's intentions. Still...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    CAME TO SAMUEL TO RAMAH; partly for comfort and direction in his great distress; and partly for safety, supposing that Saul would be ashamed to execute his bloody designs in the presence of so venerab...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 19:18 David H1732 fled H1272 (H8804) escaped H4422 (H8735) went H935 (H8799) Samuel H8050 Ramah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID TAKES REFUGE WITH SAMUEL AT RAMAH AND WHEN SAUL TRIES TO TAKE HIM HE DISCOVERS THAT YHWH HAS OTHER MEANS OF PREVENTING HIM FROM DOING SO (1 SAMUEL 19:18). Recognising that Saul was seeking his l...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Saul's murderous hate pursues David. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Saul, Jonathan, Michal, Samuel. CONCLUSION: God always raises up a friend for us in time of need. Envy allowed its...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 19:11. _Saul sent messengers to slay him._ The Vulgate, _lictors,_ executioners. They could not approach the bed of a princess till the morning. 1 Samuel 19:13. _Michal took an image,_ a stat...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 19:1 Saul moves from trying to use the Philistines to kill David to actually ordering him killed. Jonathan brings about a reconciliation between Saul and David, but David fin...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:18. “NAIOTH.” “This word signifies _dwellings_, but it is here in a certain sense a proper name applied to the _coenobium_ of the pupils of the prophets who...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 7:17; James 5:16; Psalms 116:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To Samuel — Both for comfort and direction in his distress; and for safety, supposing that Saul would be ashamed to execute his bloody designs in the presence of so venerable a person as Samuel....

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