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1 Samuel 26:10

David said, &c. And David said, Nay, but Jehovah shall strike him, &c. The person of the anointed king is inviolable: his life is in Jehovah's hands. It may be ended either (a) by a sudden stroke, such as that which smote Nabal (1 Samuel 25:38); or (b) by a natural death; or (c) by death in battle; but violent hands may not be laid upon him with impunity.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 26:10. _THE LORD SHALL SMITE HIM_] He shall die by a stroke of the Divine judgment; _or his day shall come to die_-he shall die a natural death; which in the course of things must be b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26 _ 1. The Ziphites and Saul's pursuit (1 Samuel 26:1)_ 2. David again spares Saul (1 Samuel 26:5) 3. David's words to Abner (1 Samuel 26:13) 4. David's words to Saul ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 26. DAVID SPARES SAUL IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (J). From one of the oldest sources (_cf._ on ch. 24). 1 SAMUEL 26:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 12:1 f. repeats briefly the substance and part of the wording...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SO DAVID AND ABISHAI CAME TO THE PEOPLE, &C.— This was a bold and hazardous undertaking, which would have been certain death to David had he been discovered. But David was bold and intrepid; and his a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David Again Spares Saul. 1 Samuel 26:6-20_ 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID SAID TO ABISHAI, DESTROY HIM NOT: FOR WHO CAN STRETCH FORTH HIS HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED, AND BE GUILTLESS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 26 DAVID AGAIN REFUSES TO KILL SAUL V1 Some men from Ziph went to visit Saul at Gibeah. They said, ‘David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah whi...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DAVID SAID FURTHERMORE. — David suggests three possible cases in which the Divine arm might smite the “anointed of Jehovah.” The first, the Lord “shall smite him” by some sudden death from disease — n...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי ־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם

  • 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

    SPARING HIS ENEMY'S LIFE 1 Samuel 26:1 The Ziphites' treachery served as a foil to the intrinsic nobility of David's character. God made the wrath of man to praise Him, and restrained the remainder,...

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

    Once again we have the account of how David spared the life of Saul. There is no reason at all for the view that this is a repetition of the previous story. A quiet comparison of the two will show man...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _To die a natural death. Thus those who are slain, are said to die before their day, Psalm liv. 28. Jesus was not taken, because his hour was not yet come, John ii. 4., and vii. 30. (Calmet) --- David...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. Was there not somewhat of a spirit of prophecy in...

  • 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

    Alas! Saul is unchanged; instigated by the Ziphites, he seeks David anew, but it is only to fall again, and more publicly, into David's hands. Observe that David now appeals more directly to the Lord...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DAVID SAID FURTHERMORE,.... In order to make Abishai easy, and prevent his doing what he proposed: [AS] THE LORD LIVETH; which was the form of an oath, made to assure Abishai of the truth of what...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. Ver. 10. _The Lord shall smite him._] The offending...

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

    _The Lord shall smite him_, &c. David leaves it to the sovereign will and pleasure of God to put an end to Saul's life when he saw best; either by a sudden stroke, or in the course of nature, or by ca...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Saul by the discouery of the Ziphites, commeth to Hachilah against Dauid. 4 Dauid comming into the trench, stayeth Abishai from killing Saul, but taketh his speare and cruse. 13 Dauid reprooueth A...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him, or, unless the Lord smite him, for David's oath put the revenge entirely in God's hand, OR HIS DAY SHALL COME TO DIE, OR HE SH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David in Saul's Camp...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    It seems tragically foolish on Saul's part that he should respond as he did to another message from the Ziphites to the effect that David was hiding in the hill country of Hachilah (v.1). He had told...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD SHALL SMITE HIM, by some sudden and mortal stroke. OR HIS DAY SHALL COME TO DIE, according to the course of nature....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 26:10 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 lives H2416 LORD H3068 strike H5062 (H8799) day...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID RESTRAINS ABISHAI FROM SMITING THE SLEEPING SAUL BECAUSE SAUL IS YHWH'S OWN, AND INSTEAD COMMANDS THE APPROPRIATION OF HIS CEREMONIAL SPEAR AND WATER JAR (1 SAMUEL 26:8). Having arrived at dead...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Saul spared by David a second time. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Abishai, Abner, Ahimelech. CONCLUSION: No questionable means need be employed to help out God's plans for our advancement...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 26:5. _Saul lay in the trench._ Junius reads, “among the waggons;” the Vulgate, “He slept in the tent.” The Romans mostly fortified their camp; the Greeks did the same on the Trojan shore. 1...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah._ THE REPROACH OF THE ENEMY Dr. Maclaren is specially emphatic in connecting Psalms 7:1 with this part of David’s history, and indicates its valu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:1 This chapter resembles ch. 1 Samuel 24:1, but there are too many differences to think that they are simply different versions of the same event....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— The fact that the incidents related in this chapter agree in some points with those narrated in Chapter s 23; 24 has led Ewald, Thenius, and others to conclude that the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.). EXPOSITION SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn in our Bibles to first Samuel, twenty-six, and let's begin our study of these final five Chapter s, six Chapter s. The wilderness of Ziph actually lies between Hebron and the area of the De...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:38; 1 Samuel 31:6;...

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