CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:1. “AND SAUL SPAKE … THAT THEY SHOULD KILL DAVID.” Rather, _“that he intended to kill David.”_ 1 Samuel 19:2. “UNTIL THE MORNING.” Rather, _“in the morning.”_ 1 Samuel 19:3. “IN THE FIELD.” “David was to conceal himself in the field, near to where Jonath... [ Continue Reading ]
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 _Jehovah_ is here affirmed to be its sender, because Saul’s condition, which was _there_ only ascribed... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:18. “NAIOTH.” “This word signifies _dwellings_, but it is here in a certain sense a proper name applied to the _coenobium_ of the pupils of the prophets who had assembled round Samuel in the neighbourhood of Ramah. The plural form points to the fact that t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:20. “PROPHETS.” “It is to be noted that we have here _prophets_ who in inspired discourse give forth their inner life, filled with the Holy Ghost, not _sons_ of the prophets as in 2 Kings 4:38, etc., who as scholars and learners sit at the feet of their mas... [ Continue Reading ]