1 Samuel 26:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. ”

1 Samuel 26:11 - 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 26:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cruse, or, flask.
1 Samuel 26:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Samuel 26:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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; an...
1 Samuel 26:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. The...
1 Samuel 26:11 - 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 26:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The spear. — The spear was Saul’s especial sign of royalty. “This taking away of the spear from Saul’s head as he slept was an omen of the transfer of his royalty to David.” — Bishop Patrick, quo...
1 Samuel 26:11 - 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 26:11 - 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 26:11 - 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 26:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. (12) S...
1 Samuel 26:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

KINGLY BEHAVIOUR ‘The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.’ 1 Samuel 26:11 I. Here we have another instance of David acting on high principles (cf...
1 Samuel 26:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed ,.... Or suffer any about him to do it; he speaks of it with the utmost detestation and abhorrence: but, I pray th...
1 Samuel 26:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. Ver. 11...
1 Samuel 26:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Samuel 26:11 - 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 26:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Spares Saul's Life. B. C. 1056. 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the...
1 Samuel 26:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take thou now the spear, which will show where we have been, and what we could have done. The cruse of water might be put there, either to wash himself, in case of any accidental pollution, which...
1 Samuel 26:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 26:8-11 ). Having arrived...
1 Samuel 26:11 - 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 26:11 - 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 26:11 - 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 26:11 - 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 26:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Saul's Camp
1 Samuel 26:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:12 ; 1 Samuel 24:6 ; 2 Samuel 1:14 ; 2 Samuel 1:16
1 Samuel 26:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take the spear — Which will shew where we have been, and what we could have done.

1 Samuel 26:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 26:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 26:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 26:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 26:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes