_AND SAUL SPAKE TO JONATHAN HIS SON, AND TO ALL HIS SERVANTS, THAT THEY SHOULD KILL DAVID._ Saul spake to Jonathan his son and to all his servants that they should kill David The murderous SAUL SPAKE TO JONATHAN HIS SON, AND TO ALL HIS SERVANTS, THAT THEY SHOULD KILL DAVID. The murderous design he... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT JONATHAN SAUL'S SON DELIGHTED MUCH IN DAVID: AND JONATHAN TOLD DAVID, SAYING, SAUL MY FATHER SEEKETH TO KILL THEE: NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY THEE, TAKE HEED TO THYSELF UNTIL THE MORNING, AND ABIDE IN A SECRET PLACE, AND HIDE THYSELF:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JONATHAN SPAKE GOOD OF DAVID UNTO SAUL HIS FATHER, AND SAID UNTO HIM, LET NOT THE KING SIN AGAINST HIS SERVANT, AGAINST DAVID; BECAUSE HE HATH NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE, AND BECAUSE HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN TO THEE-WARD VERY GOOD:_ Jonathan spake good of David. He told his father he was committing a... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE DID PUT HIS LIFE IN HIS HAND, AND SLEW THE PHILISTINE, AND THE LORD WROUGHT A GREAT SALVATION FOR ALL ISRAEL: THOU SAWEST IT, AND DIDST REJOICE: WHEREFORE THEN WILT THOU SIN AGAINST INNOCENT BLOOD, TO SLAY DAVID WITHOUT A CAUSE?_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS WAR AGAIN: AND DAVID WENT OUT, AND FOUGHT WITH THE PHILISTINES, AND SLEW THEM WITH A GREAT SLAUGHTER; AND THEY FLED FROM HIM._ David went out and fought with the Philistines. A brilliant victory was gained over the public enemy. But these fresh laurels of David re-awakened in the moo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD WAS UPON SAUL, AS HE SAT IN HIS HOUSE WITH HIS JAVELIN IN HIS HAND: AND DAVID PLAYED WITH HIS HAND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SAUL ALSO SENT MESSENGERS UNTO DAVID'S HOUSE, TO WATCH HIM, AND TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING: AND MICHAL DAVID'S WIFE TOLD HIM, SAYING, IF THOU SAVE NOT THY LIFE TO NIGHT, TO MORROW THOU SHALT BE SLAIN._ Saul also sent messengers unto David's house. The fear of causing a commotion in the town (namel... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO MICHAL LET DAVID DOWN THROUGH A WINDOW: AND HE WENT, AND FLED, AND ESCAPED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICHAL TOOK AN IMAGE, AND LAID IT IN THE BED, AND PUT A PILLOW OF GOATS' HAIR FOR HIS BOLSTER, AND COVERED IT WITH A CLOTH._ Michael took an image, х_ HATªRAAPIYM_ (H8655), the teraphim (see the note at Genesis 31:34); Septuagint, Ta kenotafia], AND LAID IT IN THE BED - `the teraphim,' of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN SAUL SENT MESSENGERS TO TAKE DAVID, SHE SAID, HE IS SICK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL SENT THE MESSENGERS AGAIN TO SEE DAVID, SAYING, BRING HIM UP TO ME IN THE BED, THAT I MAY SLAY HIM._ Bring him up to me in the bed - a portable couch, or mattress.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE MESSENGERS WERE COME IN, BEHOLD, THERE WAS AN IMAGE IN THE BED, WITH A PILLOW OF GOATS' HAIR FOR HIS BOLSTER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO DAVID FLED, AND ESCAPED, AND CAME TO SAMUEL TO RAMAH, AND TOLD HIM ALL THAT SAUL HAD DONE TO HIM. AND HE AND SAMUEL WENT AND DWELT IN NAIOTH._ David fled ... and came ... to Ramah. Samuel was living in great retirement, superintending the school of the prophets established in the little hamlet... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS TOLD SAUL, SAYING, BEHOLD, DAVID IS AT NAIOTH IN RAMAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WENT HE ALSO TO RAMAH, AND CAME TO A GREAT WELL THAT IS IN SECHU: AND HE ASKED AND SAID, WHERE ARE SAMUEL AND DAVID? AND ONE SAID, BEHOLD, THEY BE AT NAIOTH IN RAMAH._ Then went be also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu, х_ BOWR_ (H953) ... _ BA-SEKUW _ (H7906)] - a cistern... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WENT THITHER TO NAIOTH IN RAMAH: AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS UPON HIM ALSO, AND HE WENT ON, AND PROPHESIED, UNTIL HE CAME TO NAIOTH IN RAMAH._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE STRIPPED OFF HIS CLOTHES ALSO, AND PROPHESIED BEFORE SAMUEL IN LIKE MANNER, AND LAY DOWN NAKED ALL THAT DAY AND ALL THAT NIGHT. WHEREFORE THEY SAY, IS SAUL ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS?_ Lay down naked - i:e., divested of his armour and outer robes, as the prophets seem to have stripped themselv... [ Continue Reading ]