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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:6 AHIMELECH THE HITTITE is mentioned nowhere else in Scripture. He may have been a hired warrior. JOAB’S BROTHER ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH. Zeruiah was David’s sister (1 Chronicles 2:16), so Joab and Abishai were David’s nephews. For more on David’s family relationships... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:11 “TAKE NOW THE SPEAR....” SO DAVID TOOK THE SPEAR. The narrator can say that David “took the spear” because David was the one who ordered it to be taken (“take now the spear”). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, i... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 26:16 YOU DESERVE TO DIE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT KEPT WATCH OVER YOUR LORD. David uses the plural “you.” He is accusing Saul’s men as a group. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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” the king (v. 1 Samuel 26:14), so, perhaps humorously, David compares himself to a partridge being h... [ Continue Reading ]