1 Samuel 26:1-25
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS COME IN VERY DEED] Heb. 'was come to Nakon.' _Nakon_ = 'a set place' (RM), though it may have been the corruption of a place-name, such as Maon.... [ Continue Reading ]
HITTITE] So he belonged to one of the original inhabitants of the country. We might expect to find some of them among David's followers: cp. 1 Samuel 22:2. Uriah, another Hittite, played an important part in David's history. Abishai] is here mentioned for the first time. He saved David's life in one... [ Continue Reading ]
At once] RV 'at one stroke.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Let him accept an offering] cp. Genesis 4:7. The idea in this v. is simply that if Jehovah had prompted Saul's action, Saul was doing right, and David would seek pardon by an offering. GO, SERVE OTHER GODS] This seems to suggest that David limited the rule of Jehovah to the land of Israel as the rul... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE FACE] RV 'away from the presence of,' i.e. let not my blood be shed without Jehovah requiring it: cp. Genesis 4:10. A flea] LXX 'my soul.' The Heb. reading is due to a recollection of 1 Samuel 24:14.... [ Continue Reading ]