サムエル記Ⅰ 24:17-20 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:20-22

I know well that thou shalt surely be king. Jonathan had expressed a similar conviction ( 1 Samuel 23:17 ), and probably there was a growing popular belief that David was the person in whom Samuel's prophetic words ( 1 Samuel 15:28 ) were to be fulfilled. Something may even have been known of the selection of David and his anointing at Bethlehem; not perhaps by the king, but in an indistinct way by the people. As for Saul himself, he must long have felt that God's blessing had departed... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 24:17-19

1 Samuel 24:17-19. Thou art more righteous than I He ingenuously acknowledges David’s integrity and his own iniquity. If a man find his enemy, will he let him go? That is, he will certainly destroy him to save himself. Thy behaviour, therefore, shows that thou hast no enmity to me. Wherefore the Lord reward thee good Because he thought himself not able to recompense so great a favour, he prays God to recompense it. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 24:20-21

1 Samuel 24:20-21 . And now I know well that thou shalt surely be king These wonderful dispensations of Divine Providence over David, and David’s no less wonderful virtue, at last convinced Saul that God designed him to be the king of his people, and that none could hinder his establishment. That thou wilt not destroy my name, &c. As it was usual for kings to do in those days, generally destroying the families of those to whose thrones they were advanced. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:1-22

Saul’s fierce hunt (23:1-24:22)Since Abiathar had brought with him the high priest’s ephod (containing the Urim and Thummim), David was able to ask and receive God’s direct guidance. God’s first direction was to rescue the Israelite town of Keilah from the raiding Philistines (23:1-6). As soon as he had defeated the Philistines, David withdrew from Keilah. He knew that Saul’s army was larger and better equipped than his. He knew also that he could not trust the people of Keilah to stand with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 24:19

if . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 24:20

behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 24:19

1 Samuel 24:19. For if a man find his enemy— For if a man, finding his enemy, lets him go well away, the Lord will reward him: wherefore the Lord reward thee for that which thou hast done unto me this day. Houb. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 24:20-22

1 Samuel 24:20-22. I know well that thou shalt surely be king— He knew this, says St. Chrysostom, from David's manners, from his kingly virtues, as well as his uncommon success; but, above all, he knew his divine designation to the throne. Saul, says Dr. Trapp, being melted by those coals of kindness which David had heaped upon his head, poureth out himself in a flood of passions, and, for the present, spake as he thought. But good thoughts make a thoroughfare only of wicked hearts: they stay... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 24:1-22

3. David’s goodness to two fools chs. 24-26". . . chapters 24-26 form a discrete literary unit within 1 Samuel. Chapters 24 and 26 are virtually mirror images of each other, beginning with Saul’s receiving a report about David’s latest hiding place (1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 26:1), focusing on David’s refusal to lift a hand against Saul, ’the Lord’s anointed’ (1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 26:11), and concluding with the words of a remorseful Saul and his returning home from his pursuit... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 24:16-22

David’s promise not to cut off Saul’s descendants and name 24:16-22David’s words and actions convicted Saul of his actions (1 Samuel 24:17), and the king wept tears of remorse (1 Samuel 24:16). He referred to David as his "son" (1 Samuel 24:16), as David had earlier called Saul his "father" (1 Samuel 24:11). Saul confessed David’s superior righteousness (1 Samuel 24:17) and goodness (1 Samuel 24:18). There is no more powerful tribute than one that comes from an adversary. Saul even called on... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:20-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 24:17-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 24:20-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 24:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 24:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 24:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 24:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 24:20-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 24:1-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 24:16-22

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