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Verse 1 Samuel 26:25. _THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT_ THINGS, _AND ALSO
SHALT STILL_ _PREVAIL._] The Hebrew is גם עשה תעשה וגם
יכל תוכל _gam asoh thaaseh,_ _vegam yachol tuchal_; "Also in
doing thou shalt...
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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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David's final expostulation with Saul
13. _a great space being between them_ This precaution indicates that
David trusted Saul less now than upon the former occasion. Cp. 1
Samuel 26:22....
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_to his place_ i.e. to his home. Cp. 1 Samuel 2:20....
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_Saul Again Repents._ 1 Samuel 26:21-25
21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this
day: behold, I have pla...
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_THEN SAUL SAID TO DAVID, BLESSED BE THOU, MY SON DAVID: THOU SHALT
BOTH DO GREAT THINGS, AND ALSO SHALT STILL PREVAIL. SO DAVID WENT ON
HIS WAY, AND SAUL RETURNED TO HIS PLACE._
So David went on his...
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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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THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS. — “Saul is here again ‘among
the prophets,’ and foretells David’s exaltation and victory.
_‘_Vicisti Nazarene!’ was the exclamation of Julian.” —
_Bishop Wordsworth._...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל ־דָּוִ֗ד
בָּר֤וּךְ א
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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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FACING THE TRUTH AT LAST
1 Samuel 26:13
It is good to notice David's frequent references to the living Lord.
See 1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Samuel 26:16;...
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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 Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt
both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on
his way, and Saul returned to his (m) place.
(m) To Gibeah...
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_Prevail, and mount the throne. --- Place, Gabaa. (Menochius)_...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! again the Holy Ghost calleth us to behold the implacable and
unmerciful malice of Saul, and the gracious exercises of the mind of
David, in a renewed instance of the evil designs o...
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(22) And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one
of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) The LORD render to every
man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD d...
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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 Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt
both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on
his way, and Saul returned to his place.
Ver. 25. _Thou sha...
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_Blessed be thou, my son David_ Saul perceived that it was in vain to
contend any longer against David, whom he saw God intended for great
things. And so strong was his conviction now of this, as well...
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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 Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David, still speaking
under the influence of the fleeting better feeling which David's noble
conduct awakened in him; THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS,...
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Saul Overcome by David's Plea...
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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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21-25 Saul repeated his good words and good wishes. But he showed no
evidence of true repentance towards God. David and Saul parted to meet
no more. No reconciliation among men is firm, which is not...
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DAVID WENT ON HIS WAY; knowing Saul's unstable and deceitful heart, he
would not trust to any of his professions or promises, but kept out of
his reach....
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1 Samuel 26:25 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) David H1732 blessed H1288
(H8803) son H1121 David H1732 do...
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SAUL'S RESPONSE (1 SAMUEL 26:17).
The difference between this reply and that in 1 Samuel 24:17 is
striking. In 1 Samuel 24:17 Saul had declared that David was more
righteous than he because he had rep...
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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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_Then said Saul, I have sinned._
SAUL’S SECOND RECONCILIATION
When a man like Saul has wept, and spoken words so morally noble, it
is but fair to credit him with sincerity and permanence. At the time...
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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 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:22; Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:4; Isaiah 54:
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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...