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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 24:19

The Lord reward thee — Because he thought himself not able to recompense so great a favour, he prays God to recompense it.

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See also 1 Samuel 24:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 24:19. _IF A MAN FIND HIS ENEMY, WILL HE LET HIM GO WELL_ _AWAY?_] Or rather, _Will he send him in a good way_? But _Houbigant_ translates the whole clause thus: _Si quis, inimicum suu...

  • 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

    IF... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. man. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _find his enemy_ Get him into his power. Cp. 1 Samuel 23:17; Psalms 21:8. _will he let him go well away_ A negative answer is of course to be supplied. "No: yet thou hast done so to me: wherefore, &c...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Saul's momentary remorse 16. _my son David_ The old fatherly feeling revived. The generous loving heart of the old days had not yet utterly perished....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR IF A MAN FIND HIS ENEMY— _For if a man, finding his enemy, lets him go well away, the Lord will reward him: wherefore the Lord reward thee for that which thou hast done unto me this day._ Houb....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Saul Accepts David's Plea._ 1 Samuel 24:16-22 16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, _Is_ this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    24:19 reward (c-17) Or 'Jehovah will reward.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LORD REWARD THEE GOOD] Gleams of his former high character still show themselves in Saul....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Samuel 24:20]_ וְ כִֽי ־יִמְצָ֥א אִישׁ֙ אֶת...

  • 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

    KINDNESS WAKENS A BETTER SPIRIT 1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 25:1 David's noble self-restraint, followed as it was by no less noble words, awoke the best side of Saul's nature. Chords began to vibrate th...

  • 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

    (16) В¶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. (17) And he said to...

  • 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

    FOR IF A MAN FIND HIS ENEMY, WILL HE LET HIM GO WELL AWAY?.... Or "in a good way" e, in peace and safety, without doing him any hurt; this is not usual among men, and yet this was the present case; Da...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. Ver. 19. _For if a man find his enemy; will he let him go well...

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

    _Thou art more righteous than I_ He ingenuously acknowledges David's integrity and his own iniquity. _If a man find his enemy, will he let him go?_ That is, he will certainly destroy him to save himse...

  • 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

    For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? It was a most unusual way of dealing with an enemy, to let him go scot-free when such a fine chance to dispose of him offered. WHEREFORE THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL ACKNOWLEDGES HIS FAULT...

  • 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

    16-22 Saul speaks as quite overcome with David's kindness. Many mourn for their sins, who do not truly repent of them; weep bitterly for them, yet continue in love and in league with them. Now God ma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WILL HE LET HIM GO WELL AWAY? i. e. he will certainly destroy him. And therefore thou hast not dealt with me after the manner of men, but hast imitated the clemency of God in this act....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 24:19 man H376 finds H4672 (H8799) enemy H341 (H8802) let H7971 (H8765) away H1870 safely...

  • 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 24:16. “AND SAUL LIFTED UP HIS VOICE.” “There is no hypocrisy or pretence here. Saul, tossed powerless hither and thither by fierce passions and without harmony...

  • 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 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 26:25; Judges 17:2; Proverbs 25:21;...

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