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Verse 1 Samuel 24:20. _I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING_]
Hebrew, _Reigning, thou shalt reign_. He knew this before; and yet he
continued to pursue him with the most deadly hatred....
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CHAPTER 24
_ 1. In the wilderness of En-gedi (1 Samuel 24:1)_
2. David's words to Saul (1 Samuel 24:9)
3. Saul's answer to David (1 Samuel 24:16)
Saul continues in the pursuit of David and w
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1 SAMUEL 24. DAVID SPARES SAUL AT ENGEDI (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two
versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both
versions are early. It is not clear which is the earlier, b...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._...
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Saul's momentary remorse
16. _my son David_ The old fatherly feeling revived. The generous
loving heart of the old days had not yet utterly perished....
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_I know well_, &c. See note on 1 Samuel 28:9. And yet, knowing the
Will of God, he resists it!
_the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand_ A sad echo
of Samuel's words to himself, "But...
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I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING— He knew this, says St.
Chrysostom, from David's manners, from his kingly virtues, as well as
his uncommon success; but, above all, he knew his divine design...
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_Saul Accepts David's Plea._ 1 Samuel 24:16-22
16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these
words unto Saul, that Saul said, _Is_ this thy voice, my son David?
And Saul lifted...
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE AT ENGEDI
We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26, and some critics
hold that the two are merely varying accounts of the same event. But
it. is to be noticed that...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 24
DAVID REFUSES TO KILL SAUL
V1 When Saul had finished fighting the *Philistines he returned home.
Someone told him that David was in the de...
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AND NOW, BEHOLD, I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING. —
Clericus (in _Lange_) says: “From this great magnanimity of David,
Saul concluded that a man who was much superior in soul to kings could...
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_[1 Samuel 24:21]_ וְ עַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה
יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י...
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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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KINDNESS WAKENS A BETTER SPIRIT
1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 25:1
David's noble self-restraint, followed as it was by no less noble
words, awoke the best side of Saul's nature. Chords began to vibrate
th...
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At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy
for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his
hand, uttered a strong protest against Saul's persecution. T...
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And now, behold, I (g) know well that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
(g) Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favour of God toward
D...
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(16) В¶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking
these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son
David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. (17) And he said to...
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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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"And David went up and dwelt in the strongholds of Engedi." Saul
pursues him thither, after following the Philistines, more occupied
with his jealousy of the king whom God had chosen than with the
ene...
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AND NOW, BEHOLD, I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING,.... Not
merely by the common report, that he was anointed by Samuel, to which
yet he might give credit; but by the providence of God prospe...
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_And now I know well that thou shalt surely be king_ These wonderful
dispensations of Divine Providence over David, and David's no less
wonderful virtue, at last convinced Saul that God designed him t...
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1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi, hauing cut off Sauls skirt, spareth his
life.
8 Hee sheweth thereby his innocencie.
16 Saul acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of Dauid, and
departeth.
1 AND it ca...
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And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that
the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. This
conclusion was forced upon Saul by the evident protection of the Lo...
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SAUL ACKNOWLEDGES HIS FAULT...
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Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul
gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being
exactly a brave man himself, Saul required 3000 chosen men of I...
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16-22 Saul speaks as quite overcome with David's kindness. Many mourn
for their sins, who do not truly repent of them; weep bitterly for
them, yet continue in love and in league with them. Now God ma...
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I KNOW WELL, or, am convinced, not only by the fame of Samuel's
anointing thee, but by God's singular providence watching over thee,
and by that good Spirit and those great and princely virtues wherew...
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1 Samuel 24:20 know H3045 (H8804) surely H4427 (H8800) king H4427
(H8799) kingdom H4467 Israel H3478 established
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DAVID REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAUL AND DEMONSTRATES THAT HE HAS PROVED BY
HIS RESTRAINT IN NOT KILLING HIM THAT HE IS TOTALLY LOYAL TO HIM (1
SAMUEL 24:8).
Once Saul had left the cave David boldly revealed...
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CONTENTS: David's mercy to Saul in En-gedi.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul.
CONCLUSION: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.
KEY WORD: Mercy (dealt well), 1 Samuel 24:18.
STRONG VERSE...
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1 Samuel 24:1. _En-gedi_ was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo,
speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which
will hold four thousand men. _Lib. 16._
1 Samuel 24:3. _Saul went i...
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_Where was a cave and Saul went in _. .. _ and David and his men
remained in the sides of the cave._
SAUL AND DAVID IN THE CAVE
Saul’s animosity is a fire that finds constant fuel. No sooner are
the...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:1 The three episodes in the next three
chapters all have the same theme: David, who as a warrior has already
killed many of the Lord’s enemies, should not kill for his own...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:20 I KNOW THAT YOU SHALL SURELY BE
KING. As with the reconciliation in 1 Samuel 19:7, this one will be
temporary....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 24:16. “AND SAUL LIFTED UP HIS VOICE.” “There is no
hypocrisy or pretence here. Saul, tossed powerless hither and thither
by fierce passions and without harmony...
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DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24).
EXPOSITION
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1)....
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Now it came to pass, when Saul was returned from the Philistines, they
told him, David's in Engedi. So Saul took three thousand of his chosen
men out of all of Israel, they went to seek David and his...
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1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 23:17; 2 Samuel 3:17;...