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1 Samuel 26:13-20

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13 Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance with a large area between them.
14 David called to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?"
15 So David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord.
16 "This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, all of you 1must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now, see where the king's spear is and the jug of water that was at his head."
17 Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "2Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord the king."
18 He also said, "3Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
19 "Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If 4the LORD has stirred you up against me, 5let Him accept an offering; but 6if it is men *, cursed are they before the LORD, for 7they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
20 "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for 8a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
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1 Samuel 26:13-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 26

This chapter relates that Saul, upon the information of the Ziphites, went out again with an armed force to seek David, 1Sa 26:1-3; of which David having intelligence, and of the place where he pitched, came with one of his men and reconnoitred his camp, and finding Saul and his men asleep, took away his spear, and the cruse of water at his head, and departed, without taking away his life, though solicited to it by his servant, 1Sa 26:4-12; which spear and cruse of water he produced to the reproach of Abner, Saul's general, and as a testimony of his sincere regard to Saul, and that he had no design upon his life, 1Sa 26:13-20; of which Saul being convinced, blessed David, and returned home again, 1Sa 26:21-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 8

  • 1. 1 Samuel 20:31
  • 2. 1 Samuel 24:16
  • 3. 1 Sam 24:9, 11-14
  • 4. 2 Samuel 16:11
  • 5. Genesis 8:21
  • 6. 1 Samuel 24:9
  • 7. Joshua 22:25-27
  • 8. 1 Samuel 24:14

Footnotes 3

  • [a] Lit "are surely sons of death"
  • [b] Lit "smell"
  • [c] Lit "sons of men"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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