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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 ...
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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...
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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....
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_David said_, &c. AND DAVID SAID, NAY, BUT JEHOVAH SHALL STRIKE HIM,
&c. The person of the anointed king is inviolable: his life is in
Jehovah's hands. It may be ended either (_a_) by a sudden stroke,...
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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...
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_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...
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_AND DAVID SAID TO ABISHAI, DESTROY HIM NOT: FOR WHO CAN STRETCH FORTH
HIS HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED, AND BE GUILTLESS?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE A SECOND TIME
1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19....
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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...
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DAVID SAID FURTHERMORE. — David suggests three possible cases in
which the Divine arm might smite the “anointed of Jehovah.” The
first, the Lord “shall smite him” by some sudden death from
disease — n...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי ־יְהוָ֔ה
כִּ֥י אִם
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_To die a natural death. Thus those who are slain, are said to die
before their day, Psalm liv. 28. Jesus was not taken, because his hour
was not yet come, John ii. 4., and vii. 30. (Calmet) --- David...
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(10) David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle,
and perish.
Was there not somewhat of a spirit of prophecy in...
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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...
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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...
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AND DAVID SAID FURTHERMORE,.... In order to make Abishai easy, and
prevent his doing what he proposed:
[AS] THE LORD LIVETH; which was the form of an oath, made to assure
Abishai of the truth of what...
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David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle,
and perish.
Ver. 10. _The Lord shall smite him._] The offending...
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_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...
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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...
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And David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite
him, or, unless the Lord smite him, for David's oath put the revenge
entirely in God's hand, OR HIS DAY SHALL COME TO DIE, OR HE SH...
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David in Saul's Camp...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD SHALL SMITE HIM, by some sudden and mortal stroke. OR HIS DAY
SHALL COME TO DIE, according to the course of nature....
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1 Samuel 26:10 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 lives H2416
LORD H3068 strike H5062 (H8799) day...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL'S LIFE (1 Samuel 26:1.).
EXPOSITION
SAUL, ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES, AGAIN SEEKS TO...
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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...
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1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:38; 1 Samuel 31:6;...