1 Samuel 19:10

Contextual Overview

⁸When war broke out again, David went out and fought against the Philistines. He defeated them with such great force that they fled from him. ⁸ There was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Pelishtim, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him. ⁸ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. ⁸ War came again, so David went out and fought against the Philistines and defeated them thoroughly so that they fled before him. ⁸ And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him. ⁸ When war broke out again, David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them, and they ran away from him. ⁸ Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him. ⁸Then there was war again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with a great slaughter, and they fled before him. ⁸ When there was war again, David went out and fought the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled from him. ⁸ Againe the warre began, & Dauid went out & fought with the Philistims, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sought: 1 Samuel 19:6, Hosea 6:4, Matthew 12:43-45, Luke 11:24-26, 2 Peter 2:20-22

he slipped: 1 Samuel 20:33, Job 5:14, Job 5:15, Psalms 18:17, Psalms 34:19, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 54:17, Luke 4:30, John 10:39

and escaped: Psalms 124:7, Matthew 10:23

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:22 - found them not 1 Samuel 16:14 - evil spirit 1 Samuel 18:11 - cast the javelin 1 Samuel 20:27 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 20:32 - what hath 2 Samuel 12:7 - I delivered Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 64:4 - suddenly Jeremiah 5:26 - lay wait

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with his javelin,.... To strike it through him, and fasten him to the wall with it, as he had attempted before, 1 Samuel 18:11;

but he slipped away out of Saul's presence: he perceived his design, and being of great agility of body, moved out of his place before him very nimbly:

and he smote the javelin into the wall; he threw it with suck force that it entered into the wall, and stuck there; so great was his resolution to destroy David, and such the rage and passion that he was in, and such his strength of body, and which, in person; in his circumstances, is strangely exerted at times:

and David fled, and escaped that night; it being towards night, or in the evening, very probably, when this affair happened; upon which he departed from Saul's court, and went to his own house, and so escaped the danger he was exposed to for the present.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David fled - This was the beginning of David’s life as a fugitive and outcast, though for no “offence or fauIt” of his (Psalms 59:3, Prayer Book Version).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 19:10. But he slipped away — He found he could not trust Saul; and therefore was continually on his watch. His agility of body was the means of his preservation at this time.