Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers - literally, the voice of those whispering in a low, sweet, and soothing tone.

Charming never so wisely - a different Hebrew word from that for "charmers " - literally, 'binding (by a spell).' Saul could hear; for that his conscience was not dead appears from his more than once expressing his conviction that David would succeed to the throne (1 Samuel 24:20; 1 Samuel 26:21; 1 Samuel 26:25); yet he continued to resist conscience, as well as David's protestations of his innocence of treason, and Jonathan's intercession.

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