Chapter 26:
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1 Samuel 26
The Ziphites inform Saul of David, who pursues him again,
ver. 1-3. David sends out spies, and views his camp, ver. 4, 5.
Comes to him, being asleep, and takes his spear and cruse of
water, ver. 6-12. Reasons with him upon it, ver. 13-20. Saul again
owns his spirit, and promises to pursue him no more, ver. 21-25
Verse 5. The Ziphites - Probably Saul would have pursued David no
more, had not these wretches set him on.
Verse 6. Zerujah - David's sister. His father is not named either because
he was now dead; or because he was an obscure person.
Verse 7. Came - That is, to Saul's host. It might seem a bold and strange
attempt; but it may be considered:
1. That David had a particular assurance that God would preserve
him to the kingdom.
2. That he had a special instinct from God, to this work; and
possibly God might inform him, that he had cast them into a deep
sleep, that he might have this second opportunity of manifesting
his innocency towards Saul.
Verse 9. Destroy him not, &c. - Though Saul be a tyrant, yet he is our
Lord and king; and I, though designed king, as yet am his subject;
and therefore cannot kill him without sin, nor will I consent that
thou shouldst do it.
Verse 11. Take the spear - Which will shew where we have been, and
what we could have done.
Verse 13. Afar off - That his person might be out of their reach, and yet
his voice might be heard; which in a clear air, and in the silence of
the night might be heard at a great distance.
Verse 14. Cried to the people - It is probable this was early in the
morning.
Verse 19. The Lord - If the Lord hath by the evil spirit which he hath
sent, or by his secret providence, directed thy rage against me for
the punishment of thine, or my sins. An offering - Let us offer up
a sacrifice to God to appease his wrath against us. Driven me -
From the land which God hath given to his people for their
inheritance, and where he hath established his presence and
worship. Go serve - This was the language of their actions. For by
driving him from God's land, and the place of his worship, into
foreign and idolatrous lands, they exposed him to the peril of
being either ensnared by their counsels, or examples; or forced by
their power to worship idols.
Verse 20. Before the Lord - Remember, if thou dost it, God the judge of
all men seeth it, and will avenge it; though I will not avenge
myself.
Verse 21. My soul, &c. - This second instance of David's tenderness
wrought more upon Saul than the former. He owns himself melted
and quite overcome by David's kindness to him. My soul was
precious in thine eyes, which I thought had been odious. He
acknowledges he had done very ill to persecute him: I have acted
against God's law, I have sinned: and against my own interest, I
have played the fool, in pursuing him as an enemy, who was
indeed one of my best friends. And herein I have erred
exceedingly, have wronged both thee and myself. Nothing can be
more full and ingenuous than this confession: God surely now
touched his heart. And he promises to persecute him no more: nor
does it appear that he ever attempted it.
Verse
25. 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 this, it seems, was their last interview. After this
they saw each other no more.
Chapter 26:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ruth 2 Samuel
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