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CHAPTER 26
_ 1. The Ziphites and Saul's pursuit (1 Samuel 26:1)_
2. David again spares Saul (1 Samuel 26:5)
3. David's words to Abner (1 Samuel 26:13)
4. David's words to Saul ...
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1 SAMUEL 26. DAVID SPARES SAUL IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (J). From one
of the oldest sources (_cf._ on ch. 24).
1 SAMUEL 26:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 12:1 f. repeats briefly the substance and
part of the wording...
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_by the way_ Close to some well-known high road. Cp. 1 Samuel 24:3.
_he saw_ i.e. perceived or learned. Cp. 1 Samuel 23:15....
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_Saul Pursues David Again._ 1 Samuel 26:1-5
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying Doth not David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, _which is_ before Jeshimon?
2 Then Saul arose, and w...
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_THEN SAUL AROSE, AND WENT DOWN TO THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH, HAVING
THREE THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN OF ISRAEL WITH HIM, TO SEEK DAVID IN THE
WILDERNESS OF ZIPH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME
1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 26
DAVID AGAIN REFUSES TO KILL SAUL
V1 Some men from Ziph went to visit Saul at Gibeah. They said,
‘David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah whi...
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BUT DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS. — The former incident, when David
spared Saul’s life, happened long after the information of the
Ziphites brought the king to the hill “Hachilah, on the south of
Jes...
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וַ יִּ֨חַן שָׁא֜וּל בְּ גִבְעַ֣ת הַ
חֲכִילָ֗ה
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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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SPARING HIS ENEMY'S LIFE
1 Samuel 26:1
The Ziphites' treachery served as a foil to the intrinsic nobility of
David's character. God made the wrath of man to praise Him, and
restrained the remainder,...
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Once again we have the account of how David spared the life of Saul.
There is no reason at all for the view that this is a repetition of
the previous story. A quiet comparison of the two will show man...
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(2) Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the
wilderness of Ziph. (3) And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah...
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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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Alas! Saul is unchanged; instigated by the Ziphites, he seeks David
anew, but it is only to fall again, and more publicly, into David's
hands. Observe that David now appeals more directly to the Lord...
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AND SAUL PITCHED IN THE HILL OF HACHILAH, WHICH [IS] BEFORE JESHIMON,
BY THE WAY,.... To the wilderness; the very same place where the
Ziphites suggested David was:
BUT DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS;...
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1 Saul by the discouery of the Ziphites, commeth to Hachilah against
Dauid.
4 Dauid comming into the trench, stayeth Abishai from killing Saul,
but taketh his speare and cruse.
13 Dauid reprooueth A...
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And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, for the entire neighborhood
bore this name, the mountain with its foothills and lower slopes,
WHICH IS BEFORE JESHIMON, BY THE WAY, on the well-known highroad...
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David in Saul's Camp...
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It seems tragically foolish on Saul's part that he should respond as
he did to another message from the Ziphites to the effect that David
was hiding in the hill country of Hachilah (v.1). He had told...
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1-12 How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions
have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as
though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they...
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i.e. He understood by information, probably from his dear friend
Jonathan....
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1 Samuel 26:3 Saul H7586 encamped H2583 (H8799) hill H1389 Hachilah
H2444 opposite H6440 Jeshimon H3452 road H1870
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THE ZIPHITES INFORM SAUL THAT DAVID HAS RETURNED TO THE HILL OF
HACHILAH AND SAUL AGAIN PURSUES DAVID (1 SAMUEL 26:1).
The Ziphites were probably annoyed that David had again brought his
men into thei...
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CONTENTS: Saul spared by David a second time.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Abishai, Abner, Ahimelech.
CONCLUSION: No questionable means need be employed to help out God's
plans for our advancement...
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1 Samuel 26:5. _Saul lay in the trench._ Junius reads, “among the
waggons;” the Vulgate, “He slept in the tent.” The Romans mostly
fortified their camp; the Greeks did the same on the Trojan shore.
1...
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_Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah._
THE REPROACH OF THE ENEMY
Dr. Maclaren is specially emphatic in connecting Psalms 7:1 with this
part of David’s history, and indicates its valu...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:1 This chapter resembles ch. 1 Samuel
24:1, but there are too many differences to think that they are simply
different versions of the same event....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
The fact that the incidents related in this chapter agree in some
points with those narrated in Chapter s 23; 24 has led Ewald, Thenius,
and others to conclude that the...
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DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.).
EXPOSITION
SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO...
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Let's turn in our Bibles to first Samuel, twenty-six, and let's begin
our study of these final five Chapter s, six Chapter s.
The wilderness of Ziph actually lies between Hebron and the area of
the De...
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1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1...