Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 19:15
Again to see David, or only, to see David, which they did not before, but went away satisfied (as it was fit they should) with her report and testimony of his sickness.
Again to see David, or only, to see David, which they did not before, but went away satisfied (as it was fit they should) with her report and testimony of his sickness.
4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11)...
1 SAMUEL 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation. 1 SAMUEL 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of...
_Bring him up_ This indicates that Saul's residence was on the hill of Gibeah, David's in the lower town....
David's escape by the aid of Michal 12. _through a window_ Compare the escape of the spies from Jericho (Joshua 2:15), and St Paul from Damascus (2 Corinthians 11:33). If David's house, like Rahab's,...
_David Driven Out a Second Time._ 1 Samuel 19:8-17 8 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. 9 And...
_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....
SAUL'S HATRED OF DAVID. DAVID ESCAPES TO SAMUEL 2. Until the morning] RV 'in the morning.'...
BRING HIM UP TO ME IN THE BED] As an Eastern bed is merely a mattress, this could be easily done: cp. Mark 2:4....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 19 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID V1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. Jonathan liked David very much. V2 So he warned...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת ־הַ מַּלְאָכִ֔ים ל
CHAPTER XXVI. _ SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID._ 1 Samuel 19:1. ANEW Stage of his wicked passion is now reached by Saul; he communes with his servants, and even with his son, with a view to th...
SAUL CHECKED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD 1 Samuel 19:13 David hastened to apprise Samuel of the turn that events were taking, and of his grave suspicions that Saul was attempting on his life. For greater se...
Saul's enmity toward David grew, while the friendship between Jonathan and David increased. Saul did all in his power to set both Jonathan and the people against David. He even went so far as to charg...
And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the (f) bed, that I may slay him. (f) Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friend...
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...
AND SAUL SENT THE MESSENGERS [AGAIN] TO SEE DAVID,.... Not to visit him, or to see how he was, or inquire of his health, in a kind manner, but to see his person, whether he was sick or not, and whethe...
And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. Ver. 15. _Bring him up to me in the bed._] So greedily did this sanguinary seek, and so...
_Saul sent messengers to take David_ As he did not come out of doors, where they waited for him, Saul sent other messengers to take him in the house. _She said, He is sick_ Her affection for David, an...
1 Ionathan discloseth his fathers purpose to kill Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage breaketh out against...
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed that I may slay him; he was determined to carry out his purpose this time....
Michal Saves David's Life....
When Saul told Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death, no sensible servant would have approved of this. Jonathan however, positively loved David and warned him of Saul's intentions. Still...
11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the s...
1 Samuel 19:15 Saul H7586 sent H7971 (H8799) messengers H4397 see H7200 (H8800) David H1732 saying H559 ...
SAUL SEEKS TO HAVE DAVID ARRESTED WITH A VIEW TO EXECUTION (1 SAMUEL 19:11). This incident may well have occurred some time after the previous one. Saul has now determined that David must be got rid o...
CONTENTS: Saul's murderous hate pursues David. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Saul, Jonathan, Michal, Samuel. CONCLUSION: God always raises up a friend for us in time of need. Envy allowed its...
1 Samuel 19:11. _Saul sent messengers to slay him._ The Vulgate, _lictors,_ executioners. They could not approach the bed of a princess till the morning. 1 Samuel 19:13. _Michal took an image,_ a stat...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 19:1 Saul moves from trying to use the Philistines to kill David to actually ordering him killed. Jonathan brings about a reconciliation between Saul and David, but David fin...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:9. “THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD (JEHOVAH).” “While this evil spirit is in 1 Samuel 16:15 and 1 Samuel 18:10 referred to _Elohim_, the Deity in general Jeho...
SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1
1 Samuel 19:6; Job 31:31; Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 27:4; Psalms 37:12;...