1 Samuele 26:22

22 Davide rispose: "Ecco la lancia del re; passi qua uno de’ tuoi giovani a prenderla.

1 Samuele 26:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 26:22

And David answered and said, behold the king's spear!
&c.] And which perhaps was his sceptre, and which David therefore would not keep, lest it should be thought or said that he had deprived him of an ensign of his royalty, and be interpreted as a token of his design to seize his crown and throne:

and let one of the young men come over and fetch it;
for notwithstanding the acknowledgment Saul had made of his sin and folly, David did not choose to carry the spear to him; not caring to trust him, and put himself into his hands, lest the evil spirit should return and come upon him suddenly, and alter his disposition and carriage; nor would he send any of his men with it, whose lives were dear to him, lest they should be seized as traitors, but desires one of Saul's men might be sent for it.

1 Samuele 26:22 In-Context

20 Or dunque non cada il mio sangue in terra lungi dalla presenza dell’Eterno! Poiché il re d’Israele è uscito per andar in traccia d’una pulce, come si va dietro a una pernice su per i monti".
21 Allora Saul disse: "Ho peccato; torna, figliuol mio Davide; poiché io non ti farò più alcun male, giacché oggi la mia vita è stata preziosa agli occhi tuoi; ecco, io ho operato da stolto, e ho commesso un gran fallo".
22 Davide rispose: "Ecco la lancia del re; passi qua uno de’ tuoi giovani a prenderla.
23 L’Eterno retribuirà ciascuno secondo la sua giustizia e la sua fedeltà; giacché l’Eterno t’avea dato oggi nelle mie mani, e io non ho voluto metter le mani addosso all’unto dell’Eterno.
24 E come preziosa è stata oggi la tua vita agli occhi miei, così preziosa sarà la vita mia agli occhi dell’Eterno; ed egli mi libererà da ogni tribolazione".
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