1 Samuel 26:7
“So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So David and Abishai came to the people by night,.... Josephus (l) wrongly says, that he took with him both Abishai and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 26:6-12
Here is, I. David's bold adventure into Saul's camp in the night, accompanied only by his kinsman Abishai, the son of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to the people i.e. to Saul's army. Cp. 1Sa 14:45.
his spear See on 1Sa 18:10.
at his bolster At his head; and so in 1Sa…