1 Samuel 24:5

David’s heart smote him - He thought the action inconsistent with the respect which he owed to the king.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:5

Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart (d) smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. (d) For seeing it was his own private cause, h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 24. David Spares Saul at Engedi (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both versio...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Saul's skirt . the lappet of Saul's robe.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 305 DAVID’S FORBEARANCE TOWARDS SAUL 1 Samuel 24:4-6 . And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt— The reasons which restrained David from killing Saul, were worthy a brave and generou...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David spares Saul's Life at Engedi We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26 , and some critics hold that the two are merely varying acc...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

David’s heart smote him. — Not for what he had done to Saul, but his conscience smote him for the momentary thought that had stained his soul of sl...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Returning Good for Evil 1 Samuel 24:1-15 Engedi is situated on the western shore of the Dead Sea. As Saul entered the cave, a very insidious te...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his hand, utt...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that tho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him ,.... His conscience accused him, and he repented of what he had done: because he had...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. Ver. 5. David's heart smote,] i.e., His consci...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David's heart smote him His intention in cutting off Saul's skirt was only to give certain proof that he did not seek his life, in that he had spar...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being exactly a br...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Spares Saul in the Cave. B. C. 1057. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not only because it was injurious, and reproachful, and dangerous to the king; but possibly because he had some secret thought of doing more to him,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Unwittingly Puts Himself At David's Mercy ( 1 Samuel 24:1-7 ). Even in Engedi David was not safe from a vengeful Saul, for once he had driven...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 24:2 “ Rocks of the wild goats ,” or ibex-rocks . Probably not a name for any particular rock, but a ge...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 24:1 . En-gedi was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo, speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which will hold four...
The Biblical Illustrator

Where was a cave and Saul went in . .. and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. Saul and David in the cave Saul’s animosity...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24). EXPOSITION DAVID SPARES SAUL 'S LIFE IN A CAVE ( 1 Samuel 24:1-9 )...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul in the Cave
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass afterward that David's heart smote him, his conscience bothered him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt, for since he regarded...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:20 ; 1 John 3:21 ; 2 Kings 22:19 ; 2 Samuel 12:9 ; 2 Samuel 24:10

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:5

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:5