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Verse 1 Samuel 24:13. _WICKEDNESS PROCEEDED FROM THE WICKED_] This
proverb may be thus understood: He that does a wicked act, gives proof
thereby that he is a wicked man. From him who is wicked, wick...
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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
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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...
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WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _reed'._ See App-44. Compare "evil",
1 Samuel 24:11.
PROCEEDETH. Figure of speech Paroemia....
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_Wickedness_, &c. A man's character is known by his actions. If I were
wicked at heart, I should have shewn it by killing you. Cp. Matthew
7:16-20.
_but mine hand shall not be upon thee_ It is not cle...
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David pleads his innocence
9. _men's words_ Calumniators like "Cush the Benjamite," against whom
Psalms 7 is directed, strove to inflame Saul's mind against David.
That Psalm has been with much probab...
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WICKEDNESS PROCEEDETH FROM THE WICKED— i.e. "Guilt is the
consequence and fruit of guilt. If I had been guilty of conspiring
against thee, I should have crowned my guilt by killing thee when it
was in...
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_David Pleads for His Life._ 1 Samuel 24:8-15
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,
David stooped wit...
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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...
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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...
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THE PROVERB OF THE ANCIENTS. — Clericus, quoted by Lange, explains
these words: “David means to say, that if he had been guilty of
conspiracy against the king, he would not have neglected this
favoura...
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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...
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RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL
1 Samuel 24:1
Engedi is situated on the western shore of the Dead Sea. As Saul
entered the cave, a very insidious temptation presented itself to
David. Why not rid the kingdom...
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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...
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Revenge me of thee; or, as it is in the Hebrew, will revenge me. The
meaning is, that he refers his whole cause to God, to judge and punish
according to his justice; yet so as to keep himself, in the...
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(8) David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,
David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself....
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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...
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_MAGNANIMITY_
‘Mine hand shall not be upon thee.’
1 Samuel 24:13
This was the hour of David’s great temptation, when a single blow
might have made him lord of Israel, so was it the hour of David’s...
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"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...
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AS SAITH THE PROVERB OF THE ANCIENTS,.... It is an old saying, has
been long in use, and may be applied to the present case; or the
"proverb of the ancient one"; of the oldest man, the first man Adam,...
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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Ver. 13. _Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked._] They are carried
away even as the...
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_Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked_ That is, men may be known by
their actions; wicked men will do wicked actions; among which, this is
one, to kill their sovereign lord and king; and, therefore,...
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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...
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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeded from the
wicked; but mine hand shall not be upon thee. A wicked and godless
person might have embraced the opportunity to take revenge, but D...
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DAVID PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
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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...
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8-15 David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul
that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was
upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares...
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i.e. Wicked men will do wicked actions, among which this is one, to
kill their sovereign lord and king; as David implied above, 1 SAMUEL
24:6, and more fully expresseth, 1 SAMUEL 26:9. And therefore i...
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1 Samuel 24:13 proverb H4912 ancients H6931 says H559 (H8799)
Wickedness H7562 proceeds H3318 (H8799) wicked H7563
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:12 MAY THE LORD JUDGE. David is willing
to let the Lord defend him against his enemies (compare...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 24:8. The closeness of the precipitous rocks and the depth of
the ravines or wadies between them, together with the remarkable
purity of the air, made it quite...
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DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24).
EXPOSITION
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1)....
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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...
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Matthew 12:33; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 7:16...
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Wickedness, &c. — That is, wicked men will do wicked actions, among
which this is one, to kill their sovereign lord and king; and
therefore if I were so wicked a person as thy courtiers represent me,...