1 Samuel 26:11

11 me guarde el SEÑOR de extender mi mano contra el ungido del SEÑOR; pero toma ahora la lanza que está a su cabecera, y la botija del agua, y vámonos

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 Y David respondió a Abisai: No le mates; porque ¿quién extendió su mano contra el ungido del SEÑOR, y fue inocente

10 Dijo además David: Vive el SEÑOR, que si el SEÑOR no lo hiriere, o que su día llegue para que muera, o que descendiendo en batalla perezca

11 me guarde el SEÑOR de extender mi mano contra el ungido del SEÑOR; pero toma ahora la lanza que está a su cabecera, y la botija del agua, y vámonos

12 Se llevó, pues, David la lanza y la botija de agua de la cabecera de Saúl, y se fueron; que no hubo nadie que viera, ni supiera, ni velara, pues todos dormían; porque un profundo sueño enviado del SEÑOR había caído sobre ellos

13 Y pasando David al otro lado, se puso fuera del camino en la cumbre del monte, habiendo gran distancia entre ellos