1 Samuel 26:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. ”

1 Samuel 26:4 - 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 26:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
1 Samuel 26:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. It should seem that David could not be immediately brought to believe that Saul, after his former profession, woul...
1 Samuel 26:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

David therefore sent out spies ,.... To observe if he was coming or come, and where he was, that he might not be surprised by him; for though David knew the Lord was and would be his protection, he...
1 Samuel 26:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. Ver. 4. David therefore sent out spies. ] A practice in war both lawful and prudential. That Saul was come in ver...
1 Samuel 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - 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 26:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Saul's Camp
1 Samuel 26:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:1 ; Matthew 10:16

1 Samuel 26:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 26:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 26:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 26:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge