Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 26:11

11 Wǒ zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián , wàn bú gǎn shēnshǒu haì Yēhéhuá de shòu gāo zhĕ . xiànzaì nǐ kĕyǐ jiāng tā tóu páng de qiāng hé shuǐ píng ná lái , wǒmen jiù zǒu .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 26:11 In-Context

9 Dàwèi duì yà bǐ shāi shuō , bùkĕ haì sǐ tā . yǒu shuí shēnshǒu haì Yēhéhuá de shòu gāo zhĕ ér wú zuì ne .
10 Dàwèi yòu shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , tā huò beì Yēhéhuá jī dá , huò shì sǐ qī dào le , huò shì chū zhàn zhèn wáng .
11 Wǒ zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián , wàn bú gǎn shēnshǒu haì Yēhéhuá de shòu gāo zhĕ . xiànzaì nǐ kĕyǐ jiāng tā tóu páng de qiāng hé shuǐ píng ná lái , wǒmen jiù zǒu .
12 Dàwèi cóng Sǎoluó de tóu páng ná le qiāng hé shuǐ píng , èr rén jiù zǒu le , méiyǒu rén kànjian , méiyǒu rén zhīdào , yĕ méiyǒu rén xǐng qǐ , dōu shuì zhe le , yīnwei Yēhéhuá shǐ tāmen chén chén dì shuì le .
13 Dàwèi guō dào nàbiān qù , yuǎn yuǎn dì zhàn zaì shāndǐng shàng , yǔ tāmen xiāng lí shén yuǎn .
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