Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul’s plan was to surround the house at night, and to have David killed as soon as he came abroad unsuspectingly in the morning.
Saul’s plan was to surround the house at night, and to have David killed as soon as he came abroad unsuspectingly in the morning.
Verse 1 Samuel 19:11. _TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING_] When they might be able to _distinguish_ between him and Michal his wife; for, had they attempted his life in the night season, there would have bee...
4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11)...
1 SAMUEL 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation. 1 SAMUEL 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of...
SAVE NOT THY LIFE. save not thy soul: i.e. deliver not thyself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
Saul's attempt on David's life 8. _David went out_, &c. This preliminary mention of David's fresh successes implies that Saul's attack of madness was due to jealousy excited by them....
_in the morning_ As he left his house. Cp. Judges 16:2. "We may guess that only the fear of alarming the town, and of rousing the people to rescue their favourite hero, prevented him from directing th...
TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING— Calmet supposes that there was some superstition which prevented executions by night. He observes, that the Philistines acted the same with regard to Samson; Judges 16:2. T...
_David Driven Out a Second Time._ 1 Samuel 19:8-17 8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And...
_SAUL ALSO SENT MESSENGERS UNTO DAVID'S HOUSE, TO WATCH HIM, AND TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING: AND MICHAL DAVID'S WIFE TOLD HIM, SAYING, IF THOU SAVE NOT THY LIFE TO NIGHT, TO MORROW THOU SHALT BE SLAIN...
SAUL'S HATRED OF DAVID. DAVID ESCAPES TO SAMUEL 2. Until the morning] RV 'in the morning.'...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 19 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID V1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. Jonathan liked David very much. V2 So he warned...
וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ שָׁא֨וּל מַלְאָכִ֜ים אֶל ־בֵּ֤ית...
CHAPTER XXVI. _ SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID._ 1 Samuel 19:1. ANEW Stage of his wicked passion is now reached by Saul; he communes with his servants, and even with his son, with a view to th...
NOBLE INTERCESSION; IMPLACABLE HATE 1 Samuel 19:1 Not content with exchanging his dress and weapons with his friend, Jonathan pleaded David's cause at court. He had the royal ear and spoke as David's...
Saul's enmity toward David grew, while the friendship between Jonathan and David increased. Saul did all in his power to set both Jonathan and the people against David. He even went so far as to charg...
_Morning, fearing lest they might miss him in the night, (Salien) and perhaps desiring to see his execution, after he had been tried. (Josephus) --- The Philistines would not attack Samson at night. S...
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...
AND SAUL SENT MESSENGERS UNTO DAVID'S HOUSE,.... Supposing that he was gone thither; where this was is not said, very likely in Gibeah, where Saul lived: TO WATCH HIM; that he might not get out from...
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain....
_To slay him in the morning_ As he went out of the door of his house. By this it is apparent, when Saul missed his blow, he was the more enraged, and implacably pursued David's destruction. _And Micha...
1 Ionathan discloseth his fathers purpose to kill Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage breaketh out against...
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, which he had reached before nightfall, TO WATCH HIM, AND TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING; AND MICHAL, DAVID'S WIFE, TOLD HIM, SAYING, IF THOU SAVE NOT THY LIFE...
Michal Saves David's Life....
When Saul told Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death, no sensible servant would have approved of this. Jonathan however, positively loved David and warned him of Saul's intentions. Still...
11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the s...
TO SLAY HIM IN THE MORNING: why not in the night? ANSW. Partly, because it would have been barbarous, and most dishonourable to Saul, to break into David's house by night, and kill him in his own hous...
1 Samuel 19:11 Saul H7586 sent H7971 (H8799) messengers H4397 Davids H1732 house H1004 watch H8104 (H8800) kill
SAUL SEEKS TO HAVE DAVID ARRESTED WITH A VIEW TO EXECUTION (1 SAMUEL 19:11). This incident may well have occurred some time after the previous one. Saul has now determined that David must be got rid o...
1 Samuel 19:11 In this passage there is a minute account of an appalling danger to which David was exposed. I. God's servants are frequently exposed to alarming dangers. (1) This danger came at an u...
CONTENTS: Saul's murderous hate pursues David. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Saul, Jonathan, Michal, Samuel. CONCLUSION: God always raises up a friend for us in time of need. Envy allowed its...
1 Samuel 19:11. _Saul sent messengers to slay him._ The Vulgate, _lictors,_ executioners. They could not approach the bed of a princess till the morning. 1 Samuel 19:13. _Michal took an image,_ a stat...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 19:1 Saul moves from trying to use the Philistines to kill David to actually ordering him killed. Jonathan brings about a reconciliation between Saul and David, but David fin...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:9. “THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD (JEHOVAH).” “While this evil spirit is in 1 Samuel 16:15 and 1 Samuel 18:10 referred to _Elohim_, the Deity in general Jeho...
SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1
Judges 16:2; Psalms 59:1; Psalms 59:15; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 59:3;...