1 John 3:20; 1 John 3:21; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 24:10
David’s heart smote him - He thought the action inconsistent with the respect which he owed to the king.
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart (d) smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. (d) For seeing it was his own private cause, h...
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...
Saul's skirt . the lappet of Saul's robe.
DISCOURSE: 305 DAVID’S FORBEARANCE TOWARDS SAUL 1 Samuel 24:4-6 . And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto...
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt— The reasons which restrained David from killing Saul, were worthy a brave and generou...
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
David’s heart smote him. — Not for what he had done to Saul, but his conscience smote him for the momentary thought that had stained his soul of sl...
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...
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...
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...
(4) And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that tho...
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him ,.... His conscience accused him, and he repented of what he had done: because he had...
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. Ver. 5. David's heart smote,] i.e., His consci...
David's heart smote him His intention in cutting off Saul's skirt was only to give certain proof that he did not seek his life, in that he had spar...
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...
David Spares Saul in the Cave. B. C. 1057. ...
Not only because it was injurious, and reproachful, and dangerous to the king; but possibly because he had some secret thought of doing more to him,...
Saul Unwittingly Puts Himself At David's Mercy ( 1 Samuel 24:1-7 ). Even in Engedi David was not safe from a vengeful Saul, for once he had driven...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 24:2 “ Rocks of the wild goats ,” or ibex-rocks . Probably not a name for any particular rock, but a ge...
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...
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...
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 )...
Saul in the Cave
And it came to pass afterward that David's heart smote him, his conscience bothered him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt, for since he regarded...
5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.