1 Samuel 26:12

Sent upon them by the Lord, for David's advantage.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no man . no one.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it , nor knew it , neither awaked: for t...
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 be...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for t...
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

No man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked. — The Hebrew is more graphic: “And none saw, and none knew, and none awaked.” A deep sleep from the L...
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

(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 bols...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw [it], nor knew [it], neither awaked: for t...
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

David Spares Saul's Life. B. C. 1056. ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Secret Of The Success Of Their Venture And David's Rebuke of Abner For Failing To Watch Over Saul ( 1 Samuel 26:12-16 ). We now learn, in a ve...
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

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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

So David, Abishai acting for him, took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away; and no man saw it, nor knew it,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:4 ; 1 Samuel 26:7 ; Esther 6:1 ; Genesis 15:12 ; Genesis 2:21 ; Isaiah 29:10

¹² So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 26:12

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

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

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 26:12