1 Samuel 26:11

cruse, or, flask.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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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 bolst...
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 .
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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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 anothe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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...
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 b...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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 h...
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 An...
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 ha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Saul's Camp
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed; he would not, on the part of the Lord, on the Lord's account, take...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 26:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 26:11