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Verse 1 Samuel 26:5. _DAVID AROSE_] As David and his men knew the
country, they had many advantages over Saul and his men; and no doubt
could often watch them without being discovered.
_SAUL LAY IN...
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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 ...
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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...
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TRENCH, or, barricade....
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Saul's life again in David's power
5. _in the trench_ See on 1 Samuel 17:20. The Sept. rendering "in a
chariot" is a mistake....
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AND SAUL LAY IN THE TRENCH— _Within the trench,_ Houbigant; which
appears to be the true meaning of the original word. The Chaldee
renders it the same. This entrenchment is generally thought to have
c...
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_Saul Pursues David Again._ 1 Samuel 26:1-5
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying Doth not David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, _which is_ before Jeshimon?
2 Then Saul arose, and w...
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_AND DAVID AROSE, AND CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE SAUL HAD PITCHED: AND
DAVID BEHELD THE PLACE WHERE SAUL LAY, AND ABNER THE SON OF NER, THE
CAPTAIN OF HIS HOST: AND SAUL LAY IN THE TRENCH, AND THE PEOPLE...
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME
1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....
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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...
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AND DAVID AROSE. — Immediately after the scouts informed him of the
purpose of Saul, and of the near proximity of the royal army David
seems to have resolved upon that night adventure which resulted i...
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וַ יָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֗ד וַ יָּבֹא֮ אֶֽל ־הַ
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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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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,...
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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...
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_Tent, or covered chariot, such as the Scythians use in their marches,
(Justin i.) or in a "royal tent." Septuagint Greek: lampene, (Pollux.;
Menochius) "richly ornamented," (Lucifer of Cagliari) "in...
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(5) And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and
David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the
captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the peo...
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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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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...
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AND DAVID AROSE, AND CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE SAUL HAD PITCHED,....
Came near it, within sight of it; so that he could take a view of it
with his naked eye, and observe where and in what manner he was...
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And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and
David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the
captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people...
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_David came to the place where Saul had pitched_ Within sight of it;
where he might observe how he lay. _Saul lay in a trench_ Hebrews
במעגל _bammanggal_, in the carriage, or rather, within the circle...
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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...
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And David arose and came to the place where Saul had pitched, he
himself made a scouting trip by night, accompanied by at least a few
of his faithful men; AND DAVID, having reached a spot where he cou...
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David in Saul's Camp...
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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...
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TRENCH:
Or, midst of his carriages...
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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...
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CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE SAUL HAD PITCHED; came near to the skirts of
Saul's camp; which he might easily discover from some neighboring hill
or wood, and yet not be discerned himself. And it is probabl...
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DAVID PAYS A SECRET VISIT TO SAUL AND ENTERS HIS CAMP (1 SAMUEL 26:5).
David then took two of his best men with him and went to an eminence
from which he could observe Saul's camp, and from there he s...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.).
EXPOSITION
SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 14:51; 1 Samuel 17:20;...
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The Ziphites — Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had
not these wretches set him on....