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...
CRUSE, or, flask....
Saul's life again in David's power 5. _in the trench_ See on 1 Samuel 17:20. The Sept. rendering "in a chariot" is a mistake....
_cruse_ A small cup or jar. The word is found in Icelandic, Danish, and other languages, and is probably akin to _crock_and _crucible_....
SO DAVID AND ABISHAI CAME TO THE PEOPLE, &C.— This was a bold and hazardous undertaking, which would have been certain death to David had he been discovered. But David was bold and intrepid; and his a...
_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...
_THE LORD FORBID THAT I SHOULD STRETCH FORTH MINE HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED: BUT, I PRAY THEE, TAKE THOU NOW THE SPEAR THAT IS AT HIS BOLSTER, AND THE CRUSE OF WATER, AND LET US GO._ The spear...
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 SPEAR. — The spear was Saul’s especial sign of royalty. “This taking away of the spear from Saul’s head as he slept was an omen of the transfer of his royalty to David.” — _Bishop Patrick,_ quoted...
חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵֽ יהוָ֔ה מִ שְּׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖
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...
(11) The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. (12) So...
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...
_KINGLY BEHAVIOUR_ ‘The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.’ 1 Samuel 26:11 I. HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER INSTANCE OF DAVID ACTING ON HIGH PRINCIPLES (cf. 24).—...
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...
THE LORD FORBID THAT I SHOULD STRETCH FORTH MINE HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED,.... Or suffer any about him to do it; he speaks of it with the utmost detestation and abhorrence: BUT, I PRAY THEE,...
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. Ver. 11....
_The Lord shall smite him_, &c. David leaves it to the sovereign will and pleasure of God to put an end to Saul's life when he saw best; either by a sudden stroke, or in the course of nature, or by ca...
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...
The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed; he would not, on the part of the Lord, on the Lord's account, take vengeance into his own hand; BUT, I PRAY THEE, TAK...
David in Saul's Camp...
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...
TAKE THOU NOW THE SPEAR, which will show where we have been, and what we could have done. THE CRUSE OF WATER might be put there, either to wash himself, in case of any accidental pollution, which oft...
1 Samuel 26:11 LORD H3068 forbid H2486 out H7971 (H8800) hand H3027 LORDS H3068 anointed H4899 take H3947 ...
DAVID RESTRAINS ABISHAI FROM SMITING THE SLEEPING SAUL BECAUSE SAUL IS YHWH'S OWN, AND INSTEAD COMMANDS THE APPROPRIATION OF HIS CEREMONIAL SPEAR AND WATER JAR (1 SAMUEL 26:8). Having arrived at dead...
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 24:12; 1 Samuel 24:6; 2 Samuel 1:14; 2 Samuel 1:16...
Take the spear — Which will shew where we have been, and what we could have done....