1 Samuel 22:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said unto the footmend that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 22:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22. David at Adullam and Moab: Massacre at Nob (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ....
1 Samuel 22:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

footmen . runners. hand . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the help given by it. App-6. when he fled . that he was fleeing.
1 Samuel 22:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul's Slaughter of the Priests at Nob 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron.
1 Samuel 22:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The footmen. — “Footmen,” literally runners. These “guards,” or “lictors,” were men who ran by the royal chariot as an escort. They are still the usual attendants of any great man in the East. Fr...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX. DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH. 1 Samuel 22:1-23 . THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Slaughter of David's Friends 1 Samuel 22:11-23 The Apostle James says that “the tongue is set on fire of hell.” Surely this was the case when Saul, encamped on the height above Gibeah, scat...
1 Samuel 22:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically described as those in "distress," in "debt," and "di...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. (17) And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; becau...
1 Samuel 22:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him ,.... Or the "runners" f; the running footmen, that used to run before him when he went out from place to place, and were here waiting on him,...
1 Samuel 22:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt surely die, thou and all thy father's house A cruel resolution; for what had the rest of the priests done to deserve such a bloody execution? The servants of the king would not , &c...
1 Samuel 22:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David wrote Psalms 34:1-22 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me f...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Destroys the Lord's Priests; the City of Nob Destroyed. B. C. 1057. 6 When Saul h...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Choosing rather to offend the king, by disobeying his wicked and bloody command, than to offend God, by shedding the blood of such innocent and sacred persons.
1 Samuel 22:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and slay the priests of YHWH, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.”...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6 . “ Abode under a tree ,” etc. Rather, was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height . (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1 .) “Oriental princes...
1 Samuel 22:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:10 . He enquired of the Lord for him. This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22 ; Psalms 52:3 . 1 Samuel 22:16 . Thou shalt surely die:...
1 Samuel 22:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the prophet Gad said unto David. A friend and a foe I. The visit of Gad the seer. David had been brought very low through his own mistakes. God proved him in the hold. Then He sent to him....
1 Samuel 22:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID 'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW . 1 Samuel 22:1 The cave Adullam. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,' 1 Samue...
1 Samuel 22:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul takes Revenge upon the Priests of Nob
1 Samuel 22:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:5 ; 1 Kings 18:4 ; 1 Samuel 14:45 ; 1 Samuel 20:33 ; 1 Samuel 22:13 ; 1 Samuel 25:17 ; 1 Samuel 8:11 ; 2 Kings 1:13 ; 2 Kings 1:14 ; 2 Samuel 15:1 ; Acts 4:19 ; Exodus 1:17

1 Samuel 22:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 22:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 22:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 22:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 22:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 22:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge