1 Samuel 26:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? ”

1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
1 Samuel 26:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? And ... cried to the people...
1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who art thou that criest to the king? — The Vulg. rightly interprets with “Who art thou that criest and disquietest the king?” that is, disturbs the king’s rest with your shouting.
1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Facing the Truth at Last 1 Samuel 26:13-25 It is good to notice David's frequent references to the living Lord. See 1 Samuel 26:10 ; 1 Samuel 26:16 ; 1 Samuel 26:23 . The fact is that he was...
1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) В¶ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: (14) And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, An...
1 Samuel 26:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David cried unto the people ,.... To the army of Saul with a loud voice, that he might be heard: and to Abner the son of Ner ; particularly to him, because he was general of the army: saying...
1 Samuel 26:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who [art] thou [that] criest to the king? Ver. 14. Answerest thou not,...
1 Samuel 26:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And stood on the top of a hill On such a rock or precipice that there was no coming to him but by taking a circuit round. So that it might be said, in respect of the way whereby only they could com...
1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Expostulates with Saul. B. C. 1056. 13 Then David went over to the other side, a...
1 Samuel 26:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, with or beside the king, i.e. so near to him, so as to disturb the king.
1 Samuel 26:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Secret Of The Success Of Their Venture And David's Rebuke of Abner For Failing To Watch Over Saul ( 1 Samuel 26:12-16 ). We now learn, in a verse which in one sense stands by itself, being its...
1 Samuel 26:14 - 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 26:14 - 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 26:14 - 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 26:14 - 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 26:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Overcome by David's Plea
1 Samuel 26:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cried to the people — It is probable this was early in the morning.

1 Samuel 26:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 26:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 26:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 26:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes