1 Samuel 26:11

11 En cuanto a mí, ¡que el SEÑOR me libre de alzar la mano contra su ungido! Solo toma la lanza y el jarro de agua que están a su cabecera, y vámonos de aquí.

1 Samuel 26:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against
the Lord's anointed
Or suffer any about him to do it; he speaks of it with the utmost detestation and abhorrence:

but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster;
not to smite him with, as he desired, but to carry off, and was no other than his sceptre; (See Gill on 1 Samuel 20:33);

and the cruse of water;
which stood in the same place, as appears by ( 1 Samuel 26:12 ) . Some take this to be a pot to make water in; others an hourglass, to know the time of night, in which not sand, but water, flowed for that purpose: but rather this was for his refreshment should he be hot and thirsty in the night, or to purify him from any nocturnal pollution that might happen; for, according to Clemens of Alexandria {m}, it was a custom of the Jews often to purify themselves in bed: though Fortunatus Scacchus ^F14 thinks Saul had this pot or cup for a religious use; which he had with him, and with it gave thanks to God, the author of all good, whenever he sat down to a meal; such as the golden cup Philip king of Macedon always had under his pillow when he slept ^F15:

and let us go;
and do nothing more; which would be sufficient to convince they had been there, and to show what was in their power to do, had they been so inclined.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Stromat. l. 4. p. 531.
F14 Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. I. c. 44. col. 224.
F15 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 33. c. 3.

1 Samuel 26:11 In-Context

9 —¡No lo mates! —exclamó David—. ¿Quién puede impunemente alzar la mano contra el ungido del SEÑOR?

10 Y añadió:—Tan cierto como que el SEÑOR vive, que él mismo lo herirá. O le llegará la hora de morir, o caerá en batalla.

11 En cuanto a mí, ¡que el SEÑOR me libre de alzar la mano contra su ungido! Solo toma la lanza y el jarro de agua que están a su cabecera, y vámonos de aquí.

12 David mismo tomó la lanza y el jarro de agua que estaban a la cabecera de Saúl, y los dos se marcharon. Nadie los vio, ni se dio cuenta, pues todos estaban dormidos. No se despertaron, pues el SEÑOR los había hecho caer en un sueño profundo.

13 David cruzó al otro lado y se detuvo en la cumbre del monte, de modo que había una buena distancia entre ellos.