Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 26:20
Before the Lord — Remember, if thou dost it, God the judge of all men seeth it, and will avenge it; though I will not avenge myself.
Before the Lord — Remember, if thou dost it, God the judge of all men seeth it, and will avenge it; though I will not avenge myself.
Verse 1 Samuel 26:20. _AS WHEN ONE DOTH HUNT A PARTRIDGE_] It is worthy of remark that the Arabs, observing that partridges, being put up several times, soon become so weary as not to be able to fly;...
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 ...
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...
A FLEA. one flea....
David's final expostulation with Saul 13. _a great space being between them_ This precaution indicates that David trusted Saul less now than upon the former occasion. Cp. 1 Samuel 26:22....
_before the face of the Lord_ Slay me not, lest Jehovah avenge my blood upon thee. But it is possible to render "FAR FROM THE PRESENCE OF JEHOVAH:" i.e. let me not die a violent death in a heathen lan...
A PARTRIDGE— The Hebrew word קרא _kore, a partridge,_ occurs only here and Jeremiah 17:11 and has its name, according to Parkhurst, from the note that it utters in calling its young or mate; which can...
_David Again Spares Saul. 1 Samuel 26:6-20_ 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the...
_NOW THEREFORE, LET NOT MY BLOOD FALL TO THE EARTH BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD: FOR THE KING OF ISRAEL IS COME OUT TO SEEK A FLEA, AS WHEN ONE DOTH HUNT A PARTRIDGE IN THE MOUNTAINS._ As when one dot...
BEFORE THE FACE] RV 'away from the presence of,' i.e. let not my blood be shed without Jehovah requiring it: cp. Genesis 4:10. A flea] LXX 'my soul.' The Heb. reading is due to a recollection of 1 Sa...
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....
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...
BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD. — Better rendered, _far from the presence of the Lord._ The same thought dwelt upon in the last verse is here enlarged. “If this savage persecution continues,” David goes...
וְ עַתָּ֗ה אַל ־יִפֹּ֤ל דָּֽמִי֙ אַ֔רְצָה מִ
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...
FACING THE TRUTH AT LAST 1 Samuel 26:13 It is good to notice David's frequent references to the living Lord. See 1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Samuel 26:16;...
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...
_Before, the contrary to the decrees of the Lord, (Haydock) who will be my avenger. --- Hunted, ( persequiur) is here used in a passive sense; (Calmet) or it may be rendered, "as a partridge pursues...
(13) В¶ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: (14) And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Ans...
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...
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...
NOW THEREFORE LET NOT MY BLOOD FALL TO THE EARTH BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD,.... For should it be spilled, God, who is omniscient, will see it, and take notice of it; and being righteous, and to whom...
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. Ver. 20. _Let not...
_Before the face of the Lord_ The Lord seeing it, and being the avenger. Remember, if thou dost it, God, the judge of all men, observes and will call thee to account for it, though I will not avenge m...
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...
Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord, Saul was not to continue his enmity to the point where he would force David to die in a strange land; FOR THE KING OF IS...
Saul Overcome by David's Plea...
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...
13-20 David reasoned seriously and affectionately with Saul. Those who forbid our attendance on God's ordinances, do what they can to estrange us from God, and to make us heathens. We are to reckon t...
LET NOT MY BLOOD FALL TO THE EARTH; do not attempt to spill my innocent blood like water upon the ground. BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD; remember, if thou dost it, God the judge of all men seeth it, and...
1 Samuel 26:20 blood H1818 fall H5307 (H8799) earth H776 face H6440 LORD H3068 king H4428 Israel H3478 out...
SAUL'S RESPONSE (1 SAMUEL 26:17). The difference between this reply and that in 1 Samuel 24:17 is striking. In 1 Samuel 24:17 Saul had declared that David was more righteous than he because he had rep...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:19 THEY HAVE DRIVEN ME OUT THIS DAY. David has concluded that he can no longer stay in Israel. PARTRIDGE is literally a “calling [bird].” Abner had asked who was “calling”...
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...
DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.). EXPOSITION SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO...
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...
1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Samuel 24:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; Matthew 26:47; Mat