1 Samuel 24:14

After a worthless, contemptible, and impotent person, such as I am. Thou disparagest thyself in contending with such a person; and even thy conquest of me will be inglorious and shameful.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After whom ... - i. e., was it consistent with the dignity of the king of Israel to lead armies in pursuit of a weak and helpless individual like...
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

a dead dog , &c. Figure of speech Meiosis. App-6. flea. Hebrew. single flea.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. After a dead dog - A term used among the Hebr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

After a dead dog? after a flea?— A dog was an object of the greatest contempt. The reason why this secondary idea was always associated with the...
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

After a dead dog, after a flea. — These homely but vivid similes are very common in Oriental discourse. David certainly, in his protestations of lo...
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

(8) David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stoo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

After whom is the king of Israel come out ?.... From his court and palace, with an army of men, and at the head of them: after whom dost thou purs...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. Ver. 14. After a dead dog, after a flea. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After whom is the king of Israel come out? David here employs every persuasive art to move Saul. He represents himself in as contemptible a light a...
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 Expostulates with Saul. B. C. 1057....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Reveals Himself To Saul And Demonstrates That He Has Proved By His Restraint In Not Killing Him That He Is Totally Loyal To Him ( 1 Samuel 24:...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 24:8 . The closeness of the precipitous rocks and the depth of the ravines or wadies between them, togeth...
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

David Protests his Innocence
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, who could no longer bite and bother people, after a flea,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:7 ; 1 Samuel 17:43 ; 1 Samuel 26:20 ; 2 Samuel 16:9 ; 2 Samuel 3:8 ; 2 Samuel 6:20 ; 2 Samuel 9:8 ; Judges 8:1-3

¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

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 24:14