1 Samuel 18 - Introduction
_DAVID IS MUCH BELOVED BY JONATHAN: SAUL HATES HIM, AND SEEKS TO KILL HIM IN HIS FURY: HE OFFERS HIM HIS DAUGHTER FOR A SNARE._ _Before Christ 1063._... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID IS MUCH BELOVED BY JONATHAN: SAUL HATES HIM, AND SEEKS TO KILL HIM IN HIS FURY: HE OFFERS HIM HIS DAUGHTER FOR A SNARE._ _Before Christ 1063._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUL OF JONATHAN WAS KNIT— We shall have occasion in the close of this history to speak particularly concerning this amiable and virtuous friendship. It is plain from the 2nd verse, that David had gone back to his father's house after his first introduction to Saul; which confirms the remarks ma... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JONATHAN AND DAVID MADE A COVENANT, &C.— That is, entered into a treaty or agreement of perpetual friendship. See 2 Samuel 1:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JONATHAN STRIPPED HIMSELF— Princes do not only order caffetans to be given to those whom they would honour; they have sometimes presented such persons with _their own garments._ D'Herbelot informs us, that when sultan Selim, the son of Bajazet, had defeated Canson Gauri, sultan of the Mamelukes... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID WENT OUT WHITHERSOEVER, &C.— Saul himself, highly pleased with David, intrusted him with the management of various affairs. Charged with divers expeditions, he signalised his prudence and his courage with such success, that _Saul set him over the men of war,_ that is, raised him to a very... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WOMEN CAME OUT—SINGING AND DANCING— See Exodus 1:20. Saul probably received his first suspicion that _David_ was that _neighbour of his who was better than himself,_ to whom the Lord, as Samuel had told him, had given the kingdom, ch. 1 Samuel 15:28 from these acclamations of the women; which, I... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE PROPHESIED— Houbigant renders this, _And he was out of his senses;_ after the Chaldee, which has it, _And he was mad:_ for it is not proper; says he, to render the original word, _prophesied:_ התנבא _hithnabbe,_ in _Hith-pael,_ is different from נבא _naba,_ in _Kal,_ to _prophesy,_ at least i... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE SAUL REMOVED HIM FROM HIM— Jealous of David, Saul could no longer bear him at his court; and therefore he gave him a command which employed him abroad, and subjected him to dangers, some of which he hoped might deliver him from a person grown so offensive to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAUL SAID, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _But Saul determined that he would propose to give her to him, that he might be ensnared by means of her, and fall into the hands of the Philistines._ It is not to be imagined that _Michal,_ who _loved David,_ would lay any snares for him: Saul prepared th... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID SAID, SEEMETH IT TO YOU A LIGHT THING? &C.— These words express the difficulty of obtaining a king's daughter for his wife in his circumstances, with an intent to find out the condition of the offer; for thus they run, according to the original: _"Do you think it an easy matter to be a king's... [ Continue Reading ]