Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:11

11 Jī yī lā rén jiāng wǒ jiāo zaì Sǎoluó shǒu lǐ bù jiāo . Sǎoluó zhào zhe nǐ púrén suǒ tīng de huà xià lái bú xià lái . Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén a , qiú nǐ zhǐshì púrén . Yēhéhuá shuō , Sǎoluó bì xià lái .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hands? will
Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard?
&c.] That is, if David continued there, which is the supposition all proceeds upon. The questions are not orderly put, as may easily be observed, the last should have been first; which shows some perturbation of mind David was in upon hearing the design of Saul against him:

O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant;
give an answer by Urim and Thummim, as he did:

and the Lord said, he will come down;
if David abode there; that was in his thoughts, in his purpose and design, which the Lord, being omniscient, full well knew, who knows all future contingencies: hence the Jews ^F14 gather, that two things are not to be asked together; and if they are asked, only answer is made to one, and the answer is only made to that which it was proper to ask first; and that which is asked out of order should be asked again, which was the case here, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 73. 1, 2.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:11 In-Context

9 Dàwèi zhīdào Sǎoluó shèjì móu haì tā , jiù duì jìsī yà bǐ yà tā shuō , jiāng Yǐfúdé ná guō lái .

10 Dàwèi dǎogào shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén a , nǐ púrén tīng zhēn le Sǎoluó yào wǎng Jīyīlā lái , wèi wǒde yuángù miè chéng .

11 Jī yī lā rén jiāng wǒ jiāo zaì Sǎoluó shǒu lǐ bù jiāo . Sǎoluó zhào zhe nǐ púrén suǒ tīng de huà xià lái bú xià lái . Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén a , qiú nǐ zhǐshì púrén . Yēhéhuá shuō , Sǎoluó bì xià lái .

12 Dàwèi yòu shuō , Jīyīlā rén jiāng wǒ hé gēnsuí wǒde rén jiāo zaì Sǎoluó shǒu lǐ bù jiāo . Yēhéhuá shuō , Bìjiāo chūlai .

13 Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde yuē yǒu liù bǎi/bó rén , jiù qǐshēn chū le Jīyīlā , wǎng tāmen suǒ néng wǎng de dìfang qù . yǒu rén gàosu Sǎoluó , Dàwèi líkāi Jīyīlā taó zǒu . yúshì Sǎoluó bù chūlai le .