1 Samuel 24:9

He prudently and modestly translates the fault from Saul to his followers and evil counsellors.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David was quite aware that there were flatterers at Saul’s court who were continually inflaming the King’s mind by their false accusations against...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David said to Saul, (e) Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (e) Contrary to the report of those who said...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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

Wherefore hearest thou men’s words? — David had many deadly enemies at the court of Saul, who evidently laboured with success to deepen Saul’s jeal...
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

And David said to Saul, wherefore hearest thou men's words ,.... The false charges and accusations, that some of Saul's courtiers brought against Da...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? Ver. 9. Wherefore hearest thou men's words?] Th...
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

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, such as those of the men of Ziph and of Cush, the Benjamite, saying, Behold, David seeke...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:19 ; Ecclesiastes 7:21 ; Ecclesiastes 7:22 ; James 3:6 ; Leviticus 19:16 ; Proverbs 16:28 ; Proverbs 17:4 ; Proverbs 18:8 ; Prov...

⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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 24:9