1 Samuel 26:23

I desire that God would deal no otherwise with me than I have dealt with thee.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD render to every man his (l) righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch f...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 26. David Spares Saul in the Wilderness of Ziph (J). From one of the oldest sources ( cf. on ch. 24). 1 Samuel 26:1 to 1 Samuel 12:...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The LORD . Jehovah. Note the Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold...
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 .
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

Facing the Truth at Last 1 Samuel 26:13-25 It is good to notice David's frequent references to the living Lord. See 1 Samuel 26:10 ; 1 Samuel...
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

(22) And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) The LORD render to every man his...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness ,.... Or recompense every man that deals justly and faithfully with others, as...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold the king's spear , &c. He did not think it proper to put himself in Saul's power by going and presenting it himself to him. The Lord ren...
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

Saul Relents. B. C. 1056. 21 Then sa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Response ( 1 Samuel 26:17-25 ). The difference between this reply and that in 1 Samuel 24:17-21 is striking. In 1 Samuel 24:17-21 Saul...
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

1 Samuel 26:5 . Saul lay in the trench. Junius reads, “among the waggons;” the Vulgate, “He slept in the tent.” The Romans mostly fortified their...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Then said Saul, I have sinned. Saul’s second reconciliation When a man like Saul has wept, and spoken words so morally noble, it is but fair to...
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

Saul Overcome by David's Plea
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness, this being said with special references to himself; for the Lord delivered thee...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:32 ; 1 Samuel 24:6 ; 1 Samuel 24:7 ; 1 Samuel 26:11 ; 1 Samuel 26:9 ; Nehemiah 13:14 ; Psalms 18:20-26 ; Psalms 7:8 ; Psalms 7:9

²³ The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 26:23

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 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 26:23