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Verse 1 Samuel 26:6. _ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH_] She was David's
sister; and therefore Abishai and Joab were nephews to David....
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AHIMELECH THE HITTITE - Only mentioned here. Uriah was also a Hittite.
ABISHAI - He was son of Zeruiah, David’s sister, but probably about
the same age as David. He because very famous as a warrior 2...
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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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_Ahimelech the Hittite_ Not mentioned elsewhere. Uriah was also a
Hittite. The Hittites, or descendants of Heth, the second son of
Canaan, occupied Kirjath-Arba, afterwards called Hebron, in the days...
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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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_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...
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_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 CAMP? AND ABISHAI SAID, I WILL GO DOWN WITH...
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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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HITTITE] So he belonged to one of the original inhabitants of the
country. We might expect to find some of them among David's followers:
cp. 1 Samuel 22:2. Uriah, another Hittite, played an important...
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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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AHIMELECH THE HITTITE. — The Hittites were one of the old
Canaanitish peoples; we hear of them round Hebron in the time of
Abraham (Genesis 15:20). The conquering Israelites subdued, but did
not exter...
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וַ יַּ֨עַן דָּוִ֜ד וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ אֶל
־אֲחִימֶ
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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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Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the (b) Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to (c) Joab, saying, Who will go
down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go dow...
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_Hethite. He had probably embraced the Jewish religion. --- Abisai was
the son of Sarvia, David's sister, and made a great figure at court.
(Calmet) --- David was directed by God to manifest his cleme...
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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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THEN ANSWERED DAVID,.... Or addressed himself to the two following
persons:
AND SAID TO AHIMELECH THE HITTITE; who was either an Hittite by birth,
but was become a proselyte, or he was an Israelite t...
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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 camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with t...
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_Ahimelech the Hittite_ A valiant man of that nation, who was a
proselyte to the Jewish religion; and not only followed David, but was
always near to his person. _Abishai_ Brother to Joab, the son of...
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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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Then answered David and said to Ahimelech, the Hittite, for parts of
this heathen nation had remained and were gradually merged with the
Israelites, AND TO ABISHAI, THE SON OF ZERUIAH, BROTHER TO JOAB...
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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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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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AHIMELECH THE HITTITE; so called, either because he was one of that
nation, but converted to the Jewish religion; compare 2 SAMUEL 11:3, 2
SAMUEL 15:18; or from his habitation amongst, or some relatio...
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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:6 AHIMELECH THE HITTITE is mentioned
nowhere else in Scripture. He may have been a hired warrior. JOAB’S
BROTHER ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH. Zeruiah was David’s sister ...
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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 2:15; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:7;...
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Zerujah — David's sister. His father is not named either because he
was now dead; or because he was an obscure person....