1 Samuel 26:5
The Ziphites — Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had not these wretches set him on.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Ziphites — Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had not these wretches set him on.... [ Continue Reading ]
Zerujah — David's sister. His father is not named either because he was now dead; or because he was an obscure person.... [ Continue Reading ]
Came — That is, to Saul's host. It might seem a bold and strange attempt; but it may be considered: That David had a particular assurance that God would preserve him to the kingdom. That he had a special instinct from God, to this work; and possibly God might inform him, that he had cast them into a... [ Continue Reading ]
Destroy him not, &c. — Though Saul be a tyrant, yet he is our Lord and king; and I, though designed king, as yet am his subject; and therefore cannot kill him without sin, nor will I consent that thou shouldst do it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take the spear — Which will shew where we have been, and what we could have done.... [ Continue Reading ]
Afar off — That his person might be out of their reach, and yet his voice might be heard; which in a clear air, and in the silence of the night might be heard at a great distance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cried to the people — It is probable this was early in the morning.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord — If the Lord hath by the evil spirit which he hath sent, or by his secret providence, directed thy rage against me for the punishment of thine, or my sins. An offering — Let us offer up a sacrifice to God to appease his wrath against us. Driven me — From the land which God hath given to hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Before the Lord — Remember, if thou dost it, God the judge of all men seeth it, and will avenge it; though I will not avenge myself.... [ Continue Reading ]
My soul, &c. — This second instance of David's tenderness wrought more upon Saul than the former. He owns himself melted and quite overcome by David's kindness to him. My soul was precious in thine eyes, which I thought had been odious. He acknowledges he had done very ill to persecute him: I have a... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed, &c. — So strong was his conviction now, that he could not forbear blessing him, foretelling his success, applauding David, and condemning himself, even in the hearing of his own soldiers. And this, it seems, was their last interview. After this they saw each other no more.... [ Continue Reading ]