1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
day	הַיּ֨וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
eyes	עֵינֶ֗יךָ 'ei.Nei.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
seen	רָא֣וּ ra.'U	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
delivered	נְתָנְךָ֩ ne.ta.ne.Kha	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֤וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
hand	בְּיָדִי֙ be.ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
cave	בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה ba.me.'a.Rah	H4631	a cavern (as dark) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
bade	וְאָמַ֥ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kill	לַהֲרָגֲךָ֖ la.ha.ra.ga.Kha	H2026	to smite with deadly intent · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
spared	וַתָּ֣חָס va.Ta.chos	H2347	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
said	וָאֹמַ֗ר va.'o.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
forth	אֶשְׁלַ֤ח 'esh.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
hand	יָדִי֙ ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
lord	בַּֽאדֹנִ֔י ba.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
LORD’s	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
anointed	מְשִׁ֥יחַ me.Shi.ach	H4899	anointed · noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, tha…
Psalms 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
1 Samuel 26:8-9 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the s…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:9-15

We have here David's warm and pathetic speech to Saul, wherein he endeavours to convince him that he did him a great deal of wrong in persecuting him thus and to persuade him therefore to be reconciled. I. He calls him father (Sa1 24:11), for he was not only, as king, the father of his country, but he was, in particular, his father-in-law. From a father one may expect compassion and a favourable opinion. For a prince to seek the ruin of any of his good subjects is as unnatural as for a father to seek the ruin of his own children. II. He lays the blame of his rage against him upon his evil counsellors: Wherefore hearest thou men's words? Sa1 24:9. It is a piece of respect due to crowned heads…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

HE URGES THEREBY HIS INNOCENCY. (Sa1 24:8-15) David also arose . . . and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul--The closeness of the precipitous cliffs, though divided by deep wadies, and the transparent purity of the air enable a person standing on one rock to hear distinctly the words uttered by a speaker standing on another (Jdg 9:7). The expostulation of David, followed by the visible tokens he furnished of his cherishing no evil design against either the person or the government of the king, even when he had the monarch in his power, smote the heart of Saul in a moment and disarmed him of his fell purpose of revenge. He owned the justice of what David said, acknowledged his own gu…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:7

Suffered them not to rise against Saul - As he could restrain them, it was his duty to do so; had he connived at their killing him, David would have been the murderer. In praying for the king we call God the only Ruler of princes, for this simple reason, that their authority is the highest among men, and next to that of God himself; hence he alone is above them. We find this sentiment well expressed by an elegant poet: - Regum timendorum in proprios greges, Reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis. Horace, Odar. lib. iii., Od. i., ver. 5. Kings are supreme over their own subjects; Jove is supreme over kings themselves.

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Providence — Literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God’s preserving and governing all things by means of second causes (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God’s providence…
Citizens · .David — .David
Enemies · The lives of, to be spared — The lives of, to be spared
Forgiveness · .David forgives Saul — .David forgives Saul
Loyalty · .David — .David
Magnanimity · .David to Saul — .David to Saul
Mercy · .David to Saul — .David to Saul
Revenge · Keep others from taking — Keep others from taking
Self-Control · Of David — Of David

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 24:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:7

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1 Samuel 24:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:7

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Samuel 24:10

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 24:8-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 24:6

Rashi on 1 Samuel 24:10