CHAPTER XXVI _The Ziphites inform Saul of David's hiding place_, 1. _Saul, with_ three thousand _men, goes in pursuit of him_, 2, 3. _David sends out spies; and finds where Saul had pitched his_ _...
The incident related in this chapter of the meeting between Saul and David bears a strong general resemblance to that recorded in 1 Samuel 24, and is of a nature unlikely to have occurred more than on...
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...
1 Samuel 26:1-4. Saul's renewed pursuit of David 1. _And the Ziphites came_ On the theory that this is only another account of the incidents related in 1 Samuel 23:19 to 1 Samuel 24:22, see Note VII....
_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...
_AND THE ZIPHITES CAME UNTO SAUL TO GIBEAH, SAYING, DOTH NOT DAVID HIDE HIMSELF IN THE HILL OF HACHILAH, WHICH IS BEFORE JESHIMON?_ The Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah. This people seem to have tho...
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...
THE ZIPHITES CAME UNTO SAUL. — There is grave difficulty connected with the recital contained in this chapter. Is it another account of the incident told in 1 Samuel 24, 26 by a different narrator? Th...
וַ יָּבֹ֤אוּ הַ זִּפִים֙ אֶל ־שָׁא֔וּל הַ
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...
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,...
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...
_Ziph. Having declared themselves so decidedly against David, they apprehended the utmost danger if he should ascend the throne. --- Hill. Hebrew, "Gabaa," as the Vulgate leaves it, ver. 3. It lay to...
CONTENTS The history of David's persecution by Saul is again opened, and continued through this Chapter. The Ziphites inform Saul against David. Saul goes in quest of him. David is favoured with anot...
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...
AND THE ZIPHITES CAME UNTO SAUL TO GIBEAH,.... Of Benjamin, called sometimes Gibeah of Saul, because it was the place of his birth and residence; hither Saul had returned after his last interview with...
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon? Ver. 1. _And the Ziphites came unto Saul._] As they had done once b...
_Doth not David hide himself with us?_ The number of men whom David supported would not allow him to continue long in the same place, and therefore he was often obliged to shift his quarters for subsi...
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...
David in Saul's Camp...
And the Ziphites, who had once before played traitors against David, CAME UNTO SAUL TO GIBEAH, SAYING, DOTH NOT DAVID HIDE HIMSELF IN THE HILL HACHILAH, WHICH IS BEFORE JESHIMON, south of the wilderne...
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 26 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David, 1 SAMUEL 26:1; who cometh with Abishai to Saul's camp; stayeth him from killing Saul, but taketh his spear...
1 Samuel 26:1 Ziphites H2130 came H935 (H8799) Saul H7586 Gibeah H1390 saying H559 (H8800) David H1732 hiding...
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...
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...
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 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:3; Joshua 15:24; Joshua 15:55; Psalms 54:1