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1 Samuel 19:11
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sent messengers: Psalms 59:1, *title Psalms 59:3, Psalms 59:4, Psalms 59:6, Psalms 59:15, Psalms 59:16
to watch him: Judges 16:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:17 - Escape 1 Samuel 18:21 - the hand 1 Samuel 19:6 - he shall not 1 Samuel 19:20 - sent messengers 1 Samuel 20:31 - send 1 Samuel 20:32 - what hath 2 Samuel 3:13 - Michal 2 Samuel 22:19 - prevented 1 Chronicles 15:29 - Michal Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 11:1 - how Psalms 36:4 - deviseth Psalms 55:10 - Day Psalms 71:10 - lay wait for Proverbs 16:29 - General Jeremiah 5:26 - lay wait Hosea 7:6 - they Matthew 27:1 - the morning Acts 9:25 - let
Cross-References
He looked toward Sedom and `Amorah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
And he looked down upon the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah, and upon the whole surface of the land, the plain. And he saw that, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the surrounding area; and behold, he saw the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.
And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and saw smoke rising from all over the land—it was like a flaming furnace.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Saul sent messengers unto David's house,.... Supposing that he was gone thither; where this was is not said, very likely in Gibeah, where Saul lived:
to watch him; that he might not get out from thence in the night:
and to slay him in the morning; the reason why he did not order them to break into the house, and slay him at once, but wait till morning, seems to be, lest should he be alarmed by their breaking in, he might take the advantage of the night, and easily escape, or another person through mistake might be slain for him; and therefore, that they might be sure of him, they were to watch till it was broad daylight, when they could not well miss him. Josephus d says, the orders to watch him until morning were, that he might be taken and brought to a court of judicature, and be condemned and put to death, which was usually held in a morning; but Saul's orders to the messengers were to put him to death themselves, and he had no notion of dealing with him according to a formal process of judgment:
and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, if thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain; meaning, if he did not take the benefit and advantage of the night to make his escape, he would not be able to do it in the morning; the house being so beset, as she perceived, by persons whom she might suspect were sent by Saul to destroy him, knowing the ill will her father bore to him, or a messenger at the same time might be dispatched to her, either from her brother Jonathan, or from one of her friends at court, acquainting her with the design against David, and the danger he was in. Upon this occasion David penned the fifty ninth psalm, see Psalms 59:1.
d Antiqu. l. 6. c. 11. sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Saulâs plan was to surround the house at night, and to have David killed as soon as he came abroad unsuspectingly in the morning.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 19:11. To slay him in the morning — When they might be able to distinguish between him and Michal his wife; for, had they attempted his life in the night season, there would have been some danger to Michal's life. Besides, Saul wished to represent him as a traitor; and consequently an attack upon him was justifiable at any time, even in the fullest daylight.
