1 Samuel 26:11

11 o Senhor, porém, me guarde de que eu estenda a mão contra o ungido do Senhor. Agora, pois, toma a lança que está � sua cabeceira, e a bilha d'água, e vamo-nos.

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 Mas Davi respondeu a Abisai: Não o mates; pois quem pode estender a mão contra o ungido do Senhor, e ficar inocente?

10 Disse mais Davi: Como vive o Senhor, ou o Senhor o ferirá, ou chegará o seu dia e morrerá, ou descerá para a batalha e perecerá;

11 o Senhor, porém, me guarde de que eu estenda a mão contra o ungido do Senhor. Agora, pois, toma a lança que está � sua cabeceira, e a bilha d'água, e vamo-nos.

12 Tomou, pois, Davi a lança e a bilha d'água da cabeceira de Saul, e eles se foram. Ninguém houve que o visse, nem que o soubesse, nem que acordasse; porque todos estavam dormindo, pois da parte do Senhor havia caído sobre eles um profundo sono.

13 Então Davi, passando � outra banda, pôs-se no cume do monte, ao longe, de maneira que havia grande distância entre eles.