David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him. Ver. 1. _David therefore departed thence._] Full glad he was so fairly delivered; and got to a place where he might, to the glory of God, his... [ Continue Reading ]
And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. Ver. 2. _And every one that was in distress._] Herein David became a type o... [ Continue Reading ]
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me. Ver. 3. _To Mizpeh of Moab._] Called also Malle, _/APC 1Ma 5:26_ as Junius after Josephus thinketh - that is, a f... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. Ver. 4. _And he brought them before the king of Moab._] To whom Jesse, a grave godly man, might haply be as useful and as dear as Solon was to Croesus, or Croesus afterwards to King Cyrus;... [ Continue Reading ]
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. Ver. 5. _And the prophet Gad said unto David._] It was no small comfort to distressed David to have about him a prophet, called elsewhere... [ Continue Reading ]
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him;) Ver. 6. _When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him._] This vex... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; Ver. 7. _Hear now, ye Benjamites._] Will ye suffer the kingdom to be translated from... [ Continue Reading ]
That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Ver. 8. _That a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub._ Ver. 9. _Then answered Doeg._] So soon as ever the word was out of Saul's mouth, concerning the preferring of such as should inform him against... [ Continue Reading ]
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. Ver. 10. _And he inquired of the Lord for him._] Herein, saith Lyra, some think he lied; and indeed he did, though he did not in 1 Samuel 22:15. _See Trapp on "_ 1Sa 22:9 _"_ The truth is,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that [were] in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. Ver. 11. _Then the king sent to call Ahimelech._] Under a pretence of justice, but himself will needs be both his accuser and his ju... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I [am], my lord. Ver. 12. _Here now, thou son of Ahitub._] This is the best title he can now find in his heart to give him whom he meant to condemn to die. And yet this was better language than Stephen Gardiner gave Dr Taylor, marty... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Ver. 13. _Why have ye conspired against me?_] This was in Tacitus's... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?_ Ver. 14. _And who is so faithful, &c._] This, some _a_ think, was not so wisely spoken by Ahimelech - v... [ Continue Reading ]
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute [any] thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. Ver. 15. _Be it far from me,_] viz., To have any band in a treacherous conspiracy against... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. Ver. 16. _Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech._] A bloody sentence, harshly pronounced and as rashly executed, without any pause or deliberation, without any remorse or regret. This was the worst act that ever Saul... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. Ver. 18. _And Doeg the Edomite._] Not the Syrian, as the Septuagint, by a mistake of letters, rend... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. Ver. 19. _And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he._] Josephus saith that he razed it, and burned it, and left the taberna... [ Continue Reading ]
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. Ver. 20. _And one of the sons of Ahimelech._] So Merlin the admiral's chaplain, was by a strange providence preserved in the Parisian massacre, and nourished for serveral days in a hay mow, by a hen t... [ Continue Reading ]
And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests. Ver. 21. _That Saul had slain._] Himself only was escaped, that God's promise might be accomplished. 1Sa 2:33... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew [it] that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father's house. Ver. 22. _I knew it._] His sin therefore was the greater. _ I have occasioned._] Though not caused, as Saul... [ Continue Reading ]
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard. Ver. 23. _For he that seeketh._] _Tua causa erit mean causa,_ Thy cause will be my cause, as Charles V said of Julius Flugius, who for his sake had been much wronged by the Duke of... [ Continue Reading ]