1 Samuel 26:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? ”

1 Samuel 26:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand (e) against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? (e) That is, in his own private cause: for Jehu slew two kings at Go...
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Destroy... not. See Deuteronomy 9:26 , the subscriptions of Psa 56:57, Psa 56:58, Psa 56:74, and App-65. the LORD. S. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
1 Samuel 26:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Against the Lord’s anointed. — David — taught, no doubt, by the prophet Samuel — looked upon the person of Saul as made sacred and inviolable by the royal anointing. Through the anointing Saul had...
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite hi...
1 Samuel 26:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David said to Abishai, destroy him not ,.... He laid his commands upon him not to hurt him: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless ? since Saul was ki...
1 Samuel 26:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? Ver. 9. Destroy him not. ] Hoc enim indecens et indignum mihi videtur...
1 Samuel 26:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now, therefore, let me smite him Although David would not kill him himself, when he had the like opportunity, 1 Samuel 24:4 ; yet Abishai thought he might give him leave to do it; and he pledged h...
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though Saul be a cruel tyrant, and rejected by God, yet he is our sovereign lord and king; and I, though designed king, as yet am but a private person, and his subject; and therefore cannot kill him...
1 Samuel 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Saul's Camp
1 Samuel 26:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:6 ; 1 Samuel 24:7 ; 2 Samuel 1:14 ; 2 Samuel 1:16 ; Psalms 105:15
1 Samuel 26:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Destroy him not, &c. — Though Saul be a tyrant, yet he is our Lord and king; and I, though designed king, as yet am his subject; and therefore cannot kill him without sin, nor will I consent th...

1 Samuel 26:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 26:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 26:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 26:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 26:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 26:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 26:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes