1 Samuel 24:22
“And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And David sware unto Saul,.... That he would not cut, off his posterity; which oath he religiously observed, in sparing…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Saul does not appear to have invited David to return to Gibeah, or to have given him any security of doing so with…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Saul went home - Confounded at a sense of his own baseness, and overwhelmed with a sense of David's generosity.
David…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 24:16-22
Here we have,
I. Saul's penitent reply to David's speech. It was strange that he had patience to hear him out,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
gat them up unto the hold Returned to the fastnesses of En-gedi. Experience had proved that Saul's repentance was not to…
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