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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 24:22 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 24:22	King James	And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Saul does not appear to have invited David to return to Gibeah, or to have given him any security of doing so with safety. David, with his intuitive sagacity, perceived that the softening of Saul's feelings was only momentary, and that the situation remained unchanged.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Saul does not appear to have invited David to return to Gibeah, or to have given him any security of doing so with safety. David, with his intuitive sagacity, perceived that the softening of Saul's feelings was only momentary, and that the situation remained unchanged.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
When David had sworn this, Saul returned home. But David remained upon the mountain heights, because he did not regard the passing change in Saul's feelings as likely to continue. המּצוּדה (translated "the hold") is used here to denote the mountainous part of the desert of Judah. It is different in Sa1 22:5.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

When David had sworn this, Saul returned home. But David remained upon the mountain heights, because he did not regard the passing change in Saul's feelings as likely to continue. המּצוּדה (translated "the hold") is used here to denote the mountainous part of the desert of Judah. It is different in Sa1 22:5.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Unto the hold - Of En - gedi, Sa1 24:1, for having had by frequent experience of Saul's inconstancy, he would trust him no more.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Unto the hold - Of En - gedi, Sa1 24:1, for having had by frequent experience of Saul's inconstancy, he would trust him no more.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Saul went home - Confounded at a sense of his own baseness, and overwhelmed with a sense of David's generosity. David and his men gat them up unto the hold - Went up to Mizpeh, according to the Syriac and Arabic. David could not trust Saul with his life; the utmost he could expect from him was that he should cease from persecuting him; but even this was too much to expect from a man of such a character as Saul. He was no longer under the Divine guidance; an evil spirit had full dominion over his soul. What God fills not, the devil will occupy.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Saul went home - Confounded at a sense of his own baseness, and overwhelmed with a sense of David's generosity.

David and his men gat them up unto the hold - Went up to Mizpeh, according to the Syriac and Arabic. David could not trust Saul with his life; the utmost he could expect from him was that he should cease from persecuting him; but even this was too much to expect from a man of such a character as Saul. He was no longer under the Divine guidance; an evil spirit had full dominion over his soul. What God fills not, the devil will occupy.

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