1 Samuel 26:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? ”

1 Samuel 26:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The incident related in this chapter of the meeting between Saul and David bears a strong general resemblance to that recorded in 1 Samuel 24 , and is of a nature unlikely to have occurred more th...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? The Ziphites came - This is the second time that these enemies of D...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? The Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah. This people seem to ha...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David spares Saul's Life a Second Time 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19 .
1 Samuel 26:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Ziphites came unto Saul. — There is grave difficulty connected with the recital contained in this chapter. Is it another account of the incident told in 1 Samuel 24, 26 by a different narrator?...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXI. DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL. 1 Samuel 24:1-22 ; 1 Samuel 26:1-25 . THE invasion of the Philistines had freed David from the fear of Saul for a time, but only for a time....
1 Samuel 26:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sparing His Enemy's Life 1 Samuel 26:1-12 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 re...
1 Samuel 26:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ma...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The history of David's persecution by Saul is again opened, and continued through this Chapter. The Ziphites inform Saul against David. Saul goes in quest of him. David is favoured with ano...
1 Samuel 26:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah ,.... Of Benjamin, called sometimes Gibeah of Saul, because it was the place of his birth and residence; hither Saul had returned after his last interview w...
1 Samuel 26:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon? Ver. 1. And the Ziphites came unto Saul. ] As they had done once...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Doth not David hide himself with us? The number of men whom David supported would not allow him to continue long in the same place, and therefore he was often obliged to shift his quarters for subs...
1 Samuel 26:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Again Pursues David. B. C. 1056. 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, sayin...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 26 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David, 1 Samuel 26:1-3 ; who cometh with Abishai to Saul's camp; stayeth him from killing Saul, but taketh...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ziphites Inform Saul That David Has Returned to the Hill of Hachilah And Saul Again Pursues David ( 1 Samuel 26:1-4 ). The Ziphites were probably annoyed that David had again brought his men i...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Samuel 26:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah. The reproach of the enemy Dr. Maclaren is specially emphatic in connecting Psalms 7:1-17 with this part of David’s history, and indicates...
1 Samuel 26:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID A SECOND TIME SPARES SAUL 'S LIFE ( 1 Samuel 26:1-9 .). EXPOSITION SAUL , ON INFORMATION FROM THE ZIPHITES , AGAIN SEEKS TO DESTROY DAVID ( 1 Samuel 26:1-9...
1 Samuel 26:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Ziphites, who had once before played traitors against David, came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, south of the wilde...
1 Samuel 26:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 26:3 ; Joshua 15:24 ; Joshua 15:55 ; Psalms 54:1

1 Samuel 26:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 26:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 26:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 26:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge