1 Samuel 26:25 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) David H1732 blessed H1288 (H8803) son H1121 David H1732 do H6213 (H8799) things H6213 (H8800) still H3201 (H8800) prevail H3201 (H8799) David H1732 went H3212 (H8799) way H1870 Saul H7586 returned H7725 (H8804) place H4725
Blessed - 1 Samuel 24:19; Numbers 24:9-10
prevail - Genesis 32:28; Isaiah 54:17; Hosea 12:4; Romans 8:35, Romans 8:37
So David - 1 Samuel 24:22; Proverbs 26:25
Verse 1 Samuel 26:25. _THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT_ THINGS, _AND ALSO SHALT STILL_ _PREVAIL._] The Hebrew is גם עשה תעשה וגם יכל תוכל _gam asoh thaaseh,_ _vegam yachol tuchal_; "Also in doing thou shalt...
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...
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....
_to his place_ i.e. to his home. Cp. 1 Samuel 2:20....
_Saul Again Repents._ 1 Samuel 26:21-25 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have pla...
_THEN SAUL SAID TO DAVID, BLESSED BE THOU, MY SON DAVID: THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS, AND ALSO SHALT STILL PREVAIL. SO DAVID WENT ON HIS WAY, AND SAUL RETURNED TO HIS PLACE._ So David went on his...
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...
THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS. — “Saul is here again ‘among the prophets,’ and foretells David’s exaltation and victory. _‘_Vicisti Nazarene!’ was the exclamation of Julian.” — _Bishop Wordsworth._...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל ־דָּוִ֗ד בָּר֤וּךְ א
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...
Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his (m) place. (m) To Gibeah...
_Prevail, and mount the throne. --- Place, Gabaa. (Menochius)_...
REFLECTIONS READER! again the Holy Ghost calleth us to behold the implacable and unmerciful malice of Saul, and the gracious exercises of the mind of David, in a renewed instance of the evil designs o...
(22) And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD d...
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...
THEN SAUL SAID TO DAVID, BLESSED [BE] THOU, MY SON DAVID,.... He desired God to bless him, and pronounced him blessed himself, believing he would be a happy and prosperous man: THOU SHALL BOTH DO GRE...
Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. Ver. 25. _Thou sha...
_Blessed be thou, my son David_ Saul perceived that it was in vain to contend any longer against David, whom he saw God intended for great things. And so strong was his conviction now of this, as well...
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...
Saul Overcome by David's Plea...
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David, still speaking under the influence of the fleeting better feeling which David's noble conduct awakened in him; THOU SHALT BOTH DO GREAT THINGS,...
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...
21-25 Saul repeated his good words and good wishes. But he showed no evidence of true repentance towards God. David and Saul parted to meet no more. No reconciliation among men is firm, which is not...
DAVID WENT ON HIS WAY; knowing Saul's unstable and deceitful heart, he would not trust to any of his professions or promises, but kept out of his reach....
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...
_Then said Saul, I have sinned._ SAUL’S SECOND RECONCILIATION When a man like Saul has wept, and spoken words so morally noble, it is but fair to credit him with sincerity and permanence. At the time...
_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....
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 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:22; Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:4; Isaiah 54:
Blessed, &c. — So strong was his conviction now, that he could not forbear blessing him, foretelling his success, applauding David, and condemning himself, even in the hearing of his own soldiers. And...