1 Samuel 19:18-24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:18-24

Here is, I. David's place of refuge. Having got away in the night from his own house, he fled not to Bethlehem to his relations, nor to any of the cities of Israel that had caressed and cried him up, to make an interest in them for his own preservation; but he ran straight to Samuel and told him all that Saul had done to him, 1 Sam. 19:18. 1. Because Samuel was the man that had given him assurance of the crown, and his faith in that assurance now beginning to fail, and he being ready to say in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:18

So David fled and escaped ,.... Fled from his own house, and escaped falling into the hands of the messengers of Saul, and so of Saul himself: and came to Samuel to Ramah ; the place where Samuel dwelt: to him David chose to come, by whom he had been anointed king, that his faith might be strengthened by him with respect to the kingdom, which might be weakened by what had happened to him; and that he might have some advice and direction from him what he should do, and what course he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:19

And it was told Saul ,.... By some officious persons who saw David at Ramah, and observed that he and Samuel went together to Naioth: saying, behold, David is at Naioth, in Ramah ; or near it; according to R. Isaiah, Ramah was the name of a hill, or mountain, so called from its height, and Naioth the name of a place on it; it signifies pastures and pleasant places, as meadows and pastures are; and here in the fields near Ramah was the house of doctrine, as the Targum calls it, or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:20

And Saul sent messengers to take David ,.... Notwithstanding the sacred place he was in, so bent was he upon his destruction: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying ; or praising, as the Targum; singing hymns and songs of praise to God, under the inspiration and influence of the Spirit of God, who endited these songs for them, and excited them to sing them; these prophets belonged to the school or college of prophets at Naioth, whom the messengers saw when they came... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:21

And when it was told Saul ,.... That the messengers he had sent, instead of seizing on David, were prophesying of him, or however were attending to services of a different nature than what they were sent upon: he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise ; when they came to the same place: and Saul sent messengers again a third time, and they prophesied also ; joined the rest in singing praises, or foretelling future events. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:22

Then went he also to Ramah ,.... That is, Saul; his messengers not returning to him, when he sent one after another to take David, at length he set out himself from Gibeah to Ramah: and came to a great well that is in Sechu ; which was either the name of a man, the owner of the well, or a place near to which the well was, and is commonly thought to be the same with Shochoh, 1 Samuel 17:1 ; at such places there was generally a concourse of people at certain times, to fetch water for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:23

And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah ,.... He went on from the well towards the place: and the Spirit of God was upon him also ; as well as upon his messengers; even the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum: and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah : in this he differed from his messengers; they did not prophesy till they came to that place, but Saul began to prophesy before he came thither, as he was in his way from the well to it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:24

And he stripped off his clothes also ,.... Not all his clothes, but his upper garments, as men in such circumstances used to do, as the prophets sometimes did, and as it seems his messengers had done; according to Jarchi, R. Isaiah, and others F14 Vid. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 76. G. , he stripped himself of his royal robes, and put on the habit of the scholars, the disciples, and sons of the prophets: and prophesied before Samuel in like manner , as the messengers had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 19:18

David fled , and escaped - to Samuel - He, no doubt, came to this holy man to ask advice; and Samuel thought it best to retain him for the present, with himself at Naioth, where it is supposed he had a school of prophets. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 19:20

The company of the prophets prophesying - Employed in religious exercises. Samuel - appointed over them - Being head or president of the school at this place. The Spirit of God was upon the messengers - They partook of the same influence, and joined in the same exercise; and thus were prevented from seizing David. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:18-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 19:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 19:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 19:20

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